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·22 January 2022

Man City boss Guardiola happy with 'excellent performance' against Southampton

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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola dismissed claims his team struggled for their 1-1 draw with Southampton.

Aymeric Laporte canceled out Kyle Walker-Peters' opener for Saints.


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When asked by a journalist 'what had gone wrong against the Saints', Guardiola, who reached the landmark of 500 Premier League points faster than any other manager had done before with today's draw, said he was more than happy with the performance as a whole

“Absolutely I disagree," he said.

“We played really well - maybe for 10 or 15 minutes we were not aggressive enough, but the last 20 minutes was excellent and the second half was excellent, too.

“We made an excellent performance for 90 minutes against a top side.

“It is always so tough to play against them as they have experience in many, many things but we made an exceptional performance.

"Unfortunately, in the first half we conceded a goal, but I think this was one of our best performances of the season, by far.

"They were incredibly organised and this is one of the best performances we played against them.

“Yes, the result was not good, but in terms of performance and the way we played, it was excellent.

"We played better than in the Arsenal game, when we won, and today we drew.

“Sometimes you deserve it and you don't win, but the way we played here was excellent."

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