Pep Guardiola’s reaction after Manchester City got eliminated by Newcastle

Manchester City hadn’t tasted defeat since January 2019, when Newcastle outmatched the Citizens 1-0 in the Premier League 2018/2019 campaign, and the Magpies did it again by eliminating them in the third round of the EFL Cup, once again, with only one goal, made by Alexander Isak.

Newcastle has sent a clear message to all the other contenders of the EFL Cup with today’s victory over Manchester City at the Saint James Park Stadium. The Magpies successfully have moved onto the next round and Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City dreams of making the quadruple goal has ended today with their elimination from the tournament.

“You think the target was the quadruple? We are more than happy with the treble”, said Pep Guardiola to Joe Bray, and he added, “We scored a lot of goals since I arrived here. Newcastle is a top side, defensively so strong. We had chances”, Pep Guardiola explained why he didn’t put Haaland as first trier for today’s loss vs Newcastle.

“First, congratulations to Newcastle. We were there. Brilliant first half and the way we played. They increased the aggression. We struggled a little. Be there in the bad moments and we were there. We could not win. Congratulations to Newcastle.” said Manchester City's manager in the postgame press conference.

What’s next for Manchester City?

As we said before, the injury topic on Manchester City is awful and very concerning. Pep Guardiola can’t lose anymore players or he won’t have any to use in what remains of the Premier League and UEFA Champions League. That is why Pep has decided to sit down Erling Haaland for today’s match against Newcastle.

Manchester City’s next matchups will be against Wolves Hampton for the next Premier League week on Saturday 30th; next they will face RB Leipzig for the second appointment of the UEFA Champions League; and then they will face Arsenal, who may put in danger Manchester City’s leadership at the Premier League.