Pep Guardiola explains why Manchester City lost against Dibu Martinez's Aston Villa

Manchester City lost against Aston Villa in a match where they were certainly surpassed in some sections, but in addition to that, they failed to beat the goal of Argentine Dibu Martinez, who blocked Erling Haaland on more than one occasion. With this result, Manchester City has still not won in the Premier League for a month and has already accumulated 4 games without knowing a victory. Now, Pep Guardiola is already talking about the defeat of the citizen team.

"We played with our desire, it was there. But they played better and we struggled, especially in the first-half. The second-half was completely different, we adjusted something, we spoke before and we didn't do that. At the end, in the final third, the quality of the pass or the movement, we didn't find it all of the game”, was what Pep Guardiola said about his team's defeat at the Aston Villa stadium.

“Aston Villa were better. They play a fantastic game and we struggled to make our process and be more aggressive in some moments in-behind. "The better team won." declared the Manchester City coach. The pressure from Emery's team, all over the field and without rest, exemplified in the image of Pau Torres harassing Haaland 60 meters from his area, short-circuited a City that He is lost without Rodri.

Manchester City had a bad time

The visitors barely left their field, punished by the high pace of a Villa team that found the prize in the epilogue after McGinn and Douglas Luiz wasted two good chances. The one who hit the target was Bailey. The winger went towards the goal like he had all night, he cut back Nunes and his shot hit Dias before going into the goal. Deserved award for a Villa that had a 2-0 lead. The stick repelled Douglas Luiz's shot.