Manchester City still has not recovered from the crisis that the Etihad team entered with the arrival of the month of November. Not even on this Boxing Day in a home match against Everton, a rival from the bottom of the table, could they take what would have been the second victory in nine Premier games.
We did what we have always done against a top team in clean sheets. We have had many occasions
Pep Guardiola, after the draw against Everton
The Mancunian team was dominant for much of the match, even having a penalty that Haaland missed, but either team could have ended up winning the match, although the former Barcelona coach did not leave completely dissatisfied. “If you ask me about today’s game, we did what we have always done. When we played badly, I say it in the press conference and I say that they have been better, that we have not been good enough. But today it was not So against a ‘top’ team, one of the best in clean sheets. We had chances, and not just the penalty, but many,” he said.
However, he is aware of the importance of the results and was resigned in this regard. “In the end, football is about winning, football is about scoring goals and not conceding, something we have always done. And this season or this last month, or month and a half, we are not able to do it…”, expressed Pep.
The first half was brilliant, although of course in the end, with the transitions, we could lose
Pep Guardiola, after the draw against Everton
Guardiola tried to be optimistic and look for the positive aspects of the match against Everton. “The first half was brilliant, the first ten or fifteen minutes of the second half were really good. The first time they arrived, they scored a goal. Of course, in the end, with the transitions, we could have lost,” he said.
Even so, he is aware of the situation that the team is experiencing and its complexity. “When you look at the result, of course we’re not happy, but the performance and what we’ve done, the boys, again, in the situation we’re in, has been brilliant. Of course we didn’t score the goals we needed. ..”, he concluded.
We want players for the next three, four, five years. Let’s try it
Pep Guardiola, after the draw against Everton
As a solution, many point to the winter market, something that does not seem so simple to the Catalan: “It is not easy. The players know that we want to sign… We want players for the next three, four, five years. We are going to try it because We can’t last long with so many injured players…”
