Guardiola: Although we failed to equalize, our spirit in the second half was very good; Villa is a Champions League team

In the 9th round of the Premier League, Manchester City lost 0-1 away to Villa, and their winning streak was ended. After the game, Guardiola talked about the team's performance and he also recognized Villa's strength.

Talk about the loss in this game

"We have scored many goals this season, especially Haaland, but the opponent deployed a five-back formation and their defense was very solid. Savinho and Doku completed crosses, and Foden and Reinders also launched many attacks. We attacked and were very close to scoring. We also tried a high press.

"But the opponent is a top team, a Champions League-level team, and they have players such as Rogers, Kamara, and McGinn. In fact, our performance is not bad. "

Talking about the team's efforts to equalize the score in the second half

"I won't say that this was a bad performance just because the players failed to recover from the defeat. The team's mental state in the second half was very good. But the opponent's defense was really good. Foden, Doku, Savinho and Bob's several attacks were great. We tried to attack multiple times and just didn't succeed, but that happens sometimes. "

Harland hit the goalpost at the last moment and looked a little uncomfortable, but he persisted until the end of the game.

"I haven't talked to him yet, I hope he is okay. "