It looked easy against Fulham (in the FA Cup), Brentford, Norwich, Leeds and Sporting (in the Champions League), but then came Everton. And while fans expected another four to five goal thrashing, the game ended with a hard fought minimal win for Manchester City, coupled with a penal controversy against Toffies. The visitors were great defensively throughout the game until the very end, and the pressure on City players began to grow. The Citizens’ advantage over their closest rival Liverpool has now being slashed to only six points, which will probably turn into only three points, since the Reds have a game in hand.“I’ve got a three-year-old daughter at home who could tell you that’s a penalty”And most of the teams in the remaining 11 games of the season will try to play more like Everton and not Leeds, who lost the game 7-0. And the City coach Pep Guardiola wanted to be clear about the fact that his team will not have another 5-0 or 7-0 win until the end of the season. „Every game will be similar like we lived at Everton. For sure. It’s finished the games with big margins of goals. Everyone is playing for Europa League, for the Champions League, to be champion, every game will be a battle so we have spoken about that. It’s not the first time we’ve been in this situation and we have learned from that in the past. That if you want to be champion in the Premier League, against this rival — Liverpool, they are not going to drop points — you have to do your job. In nearly all the games. Every game will be an incredible tough battle and you have to face every game knowing if we drop points it will be difficult to be champion“ explained the Spaniard. Mozzart Bet offers world’s biggest odds on Granada and West Bromwich matchesGuardiola also mentioned the fact that most of the teams in the Premier League are sitting deep against his team, and he only named four clubs which are not afraid to attack the Citizens (even thou three of them lost against Manchester). „Maybe we provoke them but most of them except Liverpool I would say, Brighton I would say, Arsenal in some moments I would say … let me think about it, maybe I’m forgetting someone. Aston Villa, we played there a little bit too. There are moments when they did it. But as a principle, when we make a good build-up, they sit. Leeds, as well. The rest, they sit back. But, honestly, I’m not saying nothing wrong. Every manager, every team can do whatever they want, absolutely. It’s in our hands how to break them — teams that are high pressing, how to do it, and when teams sit back, how we have to do it. And one of the principles is be patient, don’t concede goals, don’t concede deep runs from them, counter attacks and be patient and in the right moment we can do it. Let’s continue doing it like this” said Guardiola.
