2023-12-10 19:58:19
The Manchester City coach returned to his team’s narrow victory this Sunday at Luton (2-1).
The trip to Luton “was a really good test» for Manchester City, reacted coach Pep Guardiola, “really proud» of the reaction of his team, victorious 2-1 after being led on Sunday at the promoted side of North London.
«It’s a good performance after what happened with the last results», Commented on the BBC the Spanish coach, victorious again after a series of three draws and one defeat. The Citizens returned to the locker room at the break trailing after Elijah Adebayo’s opener (45th+2), but they turned the game around in the second half thanks to Bernardo Silva (62nd) and Jack Grealish (65th) .
«We conceded the goal in the last minute of the first period. It was a really good test and the players reacted as they should“, he said. Manchester City played their first league match of the season on Sunday without Erling Haaland, who was out due to a foot injury. Guardiola said he hoped to return for the Club World Cup, of which the English play the semi-final on December 19.
Luton coach Rob Edwards, for his part, regretted a defeat “very frustrating» Sunday, five days after giving in in the final moments against Arsenal (4-3). “We faced two top teams this week and we beat them up. Today we scored the first goal and we reached the hour mark with relative mastery“, he commented to Sky Sports.
THE “Hatters» (hatters) have made life difficult for their visitors for a month at Kenilworth Road: after the short setback against Tottenham (1-0), the promoted team was joined in added time by Liverpool (1-1), dominated Crystal Palace (2-1), led then gave in in the 90th + 7 against Arsenal. “Maybe we are changing the conversation about Luton Town a little», Launched Edwards. “But we need to take points“. His team is eighteenth after sixteen days, with four points less than Everton, currently first non-relegation place.
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