City were held 1-1 at Burnley on Saturday – Johann Gudmundsson’s late goal cancelling out Danilo’s scorching opener – to allow Manchester United to cut their lead atop the table to 13 points.
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Manchester: Chilean forward Alexis Sanchez scored his first goal as a member of Manchester United, which secured a 2-0 home win over visiting Huddersfield Town in the 26th round of the English Premier League.
Romelu Lukaku believes Manchester United can still overhaul Premier League leaders Manchester City despite Jose Mourinho conceding defeat in the title race.
But before the interval, De Bruyne’s terrific 25-yard shot was parried by Pope, with Sergio Aguero missing the follow-up, and Aguero wasted another opening, shooting straight at the keeper’s torso.
The hard-fought draw gave the hosts one of the more memorable results of a season that has defied expectations.
“We need points to be the first of the last. But compliments to Burnley because what they do, they do really, really well”. Despite the result, Guardiola was nevertheless pleased with the performance against a tough opponent.
“We will focus on the next one, in football this can happen”.
It was the home side who started brighter at the beginning of the second half, and Burnley rained down a barrage of crosses into the Manchester City box.
“We will keep fighting until the very end of the season and get as many points as we can”. We have to change something.
Frenchman Laurent Koscielny made nine clearances in Arsenal’s 5-1 win over Everton; the most of any player for the Gunners, and he also weighed in with the second goal during the rampant victory over Sam Allardyce’s sorry visitors at Emirates Stadium.
“We played good. Maybe people don’t realise, but the way we played was outstanding”, Guardiola added.
“The referees here have to analyse the game and make their decisions and that’s it, we have to live with that”. You’ve got to be diligent and do all the ugly stuff, which our players are willing to do.
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“You have to do the ugly stuff”. Guardiola was expecting one of the toughest away games so far this season and he wasn’t disappointed by Dyche’s Burnley, though he may be unhappy with a few of his own players, Sterling in particular.
