Manchester Metropolis boss Pep Guardiola has praised his facet’s resilience and defended his method to the 1-1 draw with Arsenal on Sunday.
The Cityzens appeared to have the sport in management after Erling Haaland put the guests forward within the first half, earlier than Gabriel Martinelli netted in stoppage time to rescue some extent for the hosts.
Talking after the sport, Guardiola stated: “We performed powerful video games this week – Manchester United and within the Champions League – and in the present day we performed in opposition to a strong group.
“Hats off to our group for the resilience. It’s so troublesome whenever you’re not efficient with excessive urgent, it’s all the time powerful within the build-up.
“We made some transitions. I feel the result’s truthful. Generally Arsenal had been higher.
“For the reason that switch window completed the togetherness has been prime.
“It was so demanding in the present day and Arsenal have every thing – we defended the corners so properly. We’ll take the purpose, we’ve got to enhance however it’s what it’s.
“We had been extremely drained. The sport in opposition to Napoli was so emotional and after that restoration day we’ve got 4 or 5 hours to journey to London. Arsenal fought within the final two Premier League title races and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League so it’s so troublesome.
“We had a whole lot of fatigue with many gamers. We even have a whole lot of accidents.”
When quizzed on the choice to shift to a five-at-the-back, Guardiola defended his decisions.
He added: “We don’t attempt to be like this however when the opponent is healthier we defend deeper and counter-attack, however that’s not our intention.
“I would favor to not do it however it’s important to at this stage. I take some extent and in some video games we’ve got to regulate.”
