Al Manchester City a 1-0 against the Southampton to regain the top of the Premier League: temporary +2 over Liverpool, involved in the difficult match at Arsenal tomorrow.
At the end of the challenge, the coach Pep Guardiola spoke to the microphones of Sky Sports UKpraising – as he happens to do to demonstrate the respect he has for his opponents – first of all the opposing coach, Russell Martin: “It’s a good match, from which I will have the opportunity to learn as a coach. I will learn a lot from Russell, because they did really well. We were humble and accepted the fact that they were doing really well. In the last two games, against Wolves and Southampton, we found teams that are at the bottom of the table. So if this is the level, this shows how much This Premier League is tough. They played really well. They didn’t create many chances, but they made an incredible effort to take the ball away from us. We created chances that we weren’t able to convert into goals, but the result was good.”
Then we talk the somewhat skimpy result for the tastes of Cityzens: “The important thing is to be there” – explains Guardiola again – “We created chances, as always Erling Haaland had two or three clear ones. But I’m not worried, it’s important to have 23 points now. Most teams defend a lot in depth. Now we will play against Spurs, Bournemouth and Brighton and they will not defend in depth. So now we have to adapt. But lately a lot of defenses do this job in depth. We have created spaces to create scoring opportunities, Savinho was really good today.