Pep Guardiola has vowed that Manchester City will return to being a Premier League force.
Gatekeepers News reports that this came after Erling Haaland sealed a 1-0 win at Tottenham on Wednesday.
Haaland’s clinical finish in the 12th minute bolstered City’s hope of qualifying for next season’s Champions League as they moved into fourth place.
While only the FA cup remains a potential silverware opportunity, Guardiola remains confident in his team’s resurgence.
He said, “Never will be this season the old City.”
“Old City were too good, but we will be back.”
“The game, it was open second half because we didn’t close the first. In this stadium always they have 20 to 25 minutes and second half we suffered.”
“It’s happened many times this season that we give away an unbelievable amount of goals and up front there are many games, like Champions League at Sporting we should be 1-3 or 1-4 in the first half and we lost 4-1. Many times it happens and today fortunately it finished good.”
According to Ange Postecoglou, Tottenham manager, his team’s eagerness cost them in the first half.
He said, “First half we were just a little bit too eager to get forward with the ball. I thought we were really wasteful and when you are against City, it allows them to get into a rhythm.”
“They can pick you off at different times and we just didn’t handle that part of the game well. They scored and had a couple of good chances to get further ahead.“
“I certainly felt second half we dominated the game and territory. We were pretty relentless. Much better with the ball and a lot calmer but just missing a goal and ultimately fell short.”
“It’s disappointing to lose again and that’s the main feeling, but it did look more like us today.”
