Tribal Football
·30 July 2022
Tribal Football
·30 July 2022
Manchester City defender Nathan Ake drew positives from their Community Shield defeat to Liverpool.
With this only being City's third pre-season fixture since the end of last season, Ake admitted it's still very early in the season for any worry to creep into the City camp.
"Everyone worked hard," he said. "It's still very, very early in the season.
"It's now about the next few weeks, getting our rhythm and then start to go.
The centre-back played the entire 90 minutes in Leicester and despite admitting it is a bitter pill to swallow, he believes there are definitely positives to take from the game into the new campaign.
"I think it was two very good teams so it's always going to be tough," he revealed.
"It's difficult for us to take. I think there were periods where we played well and periods where they were better. After the 2-1 it became difficult.
"I think to be fair, after 1-1 we played well, before that as well we kept the ball well, created chances and big opportunities."