Guardiola surprisingly chose to leave fit-again star striker Aguero on the bench and then saw Bravo, the goalkeeper in whom he has invested much faith, blunder.
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“I think I took a decision about my plans, and my plans are that Sergio and Vincent are part of the future of Manchester City”.
Saints go into the fixture on Sunday after losing to Inter Milan-the first game in 8 they’ve lost. We are a club that for 35 years was not in Europe.
Guardiola said: “We came here and played with huge personality but it is always hard to play Barcelona with 11”.
Willy Caballero came on for Nolito and to make matters worse for the now 10-man visitors, Pablo Zabaleta was forced to abandon the game with a foot injury. “Until then the game was open”. For me, there was no big difference between the two teams – just one player. “I appreciate him as a football player and appreciate as a man what he did here”.
Bravo marked his return to the Camp Nou by collecting his first red card with the Sky Blues early in the second half.
Stranded outside his area, the Chilean deliberately handled Suarez’s lob towards goal.
City’s start to the season now looks slightly underwhelming, although Guardiola gave a passionate defense of his methods on Friday when it was suggested he may change tack. It stays the same. Luis Enrique had opined that “he can not imagine a better game for any football fan” beforehand. He has been one of the best goalkeepers in the world for the past 10 years.
“Bravo and I talked about other things, but in the end these are things that happen – that’s life for the goalkeeper”, Marca reported Stegen as saying. He is the first one to be disappointed with what happened but it is football.
“Until the last day I am a coach I will try to play from the goalkeeper”, said Guardiola. Let us know in the comments section below. “City have had more time for recovery, but we must be ready”, he said.
“We created enough chance to score goals”.
“But Barca can punish you, they have a lot of quality”.
Despite scoring five goals in six Premier League matches and another six goals in Champions League qualifying and group phase matches this season, Aguero watched from the dugout as Barcelona took control of Group C with a commanding victory.
Guardiola said: “I thought two or three days ago maybe Vincent in Camp Nou, for his personality, maybe he can do that”.
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“I feel we weren’t as bad as the result says”, he added.
