Manchester City twice came from behind to secure a draw at Liverpool in what was an enthralling Premier League encounter.
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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola was full of praise for his players following a 2-2 draw against Liverpool away from home. The Cityzens dominated large parts of the game. However, they had to fight back from behind in a pulsating draw, which left them third in the Premier League going into the international break. Guardiola hailed the Manchester City players for playing with an incredible personality
“The Premier League is the best league in the world. Both teams wanted to win and wanted to try – it was pretty good. We compete and play with incredible personality, I’m very pleased with the way we played, the result we cannot change. The way we played in Stamford Bridge, Paris and here, shows we are a great team. When my team play the way three games – we cannot forget which team we played. Liverpool one of the best three teams in the world – you played with courage and personality like we have done – we played here at a good level,” said the Manchester City manager in an interaction with the club’s official website.
“Today, we didn’t lose but the draw is good, we just need to continue. I pray the players come back from international break safe. In the first half they didn’t have one chance. But in the second half we knew it with their momentum, but how we reacted was brilliant. The last two times we’ve been here we played with huge personality. I’m so pleased with that. The way we played the first half and last 15 minutes was devastating and really good. After they went 1-0 up, Anfield changes a lot. But we stayed in the game and we came back twice and I am incredibly satisfied,” added Guardiola.
The Manchester City manager discussed the recent defeat against Paris St Germain, showcasing the importance of this triumph from the team’s viewpoint.
“It wasn’t easy after coming back from Paris – the way we played the first half and then we are losing 1-0 and 2-1 the doesn’t give you the title but massive satisfaction. The way the team lose a game shows me we are a good team. And the way we lost in Paris and came back today. Overall we have started the season well. The game against Tottenham we were not together with half the squad on holiday and the worst game was against Southampton – the rest we were really good in all departments. Hopefully the players come back good from international break and move forward.”
Phil Foden was named as the Player of the Match following a fine performance. Foden was full of praise for his teammates for showcasing their grit, determination and character to come back from behind twice.
“It’s very difficult to come here with the fans, it’s one of the most difficult places to come to and I feel we dealt with it very good today. It was end to end at times, it was such a brilliant game, on another day we could have come away with the three points. It shows our character. We’ve not won here a lot, but we carried on with our football after going behind and we played really well today.”
“It was quite disappointing not to be ahead at half time,” he admitted. But we kept the momentum going into the second half. There wasn’t a lot of room to put it across the goal. I just put my laces through it and was just happy to see it hit the back of the net,” concluded Foden.
