Pep Guardiola has admitted that 'Arsenal were better' in their Premier League draw against Man City.
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Manchester City made the trip to the Emirates to face Arsenal in their fifth Premier League match of the season on September 21, which ended in a 1-1 draw.
Erling Haaland opened the scoring for Man City just nine minutes into the clash from an assist by Tijjani Reijnders. Despite creating several chances, Arsenal were unable to find the back of the net till the end of 90 minutes.
While it appeared the match would end in Man City's favor, Gabriel Martinelli, who came off the bench in the 80th minute, netted the equalizer for Arsenal after being set up by Eberechi Eze three minutes into second-half stoppage time.
Speaking after the draw, Man City head coach Pep Guardiola shared his thoughts on his squad's display, admitting that 'Arsenal was better.'
What did Pep Guardiola say about Man City's 1-1 draw to Arsenal?
Arsenal maintained a ball possession of 67% against Man City, while having a total of 12 shots, with three of them being on target. The Gunners also completed 582 passes in the match, while Guardiola's men had 300.
In his post-match press conference, Guardiola hailed his squad's 'resilience' with consideration to their schedule, referring to their result against Arsenal as 'fair,' and said,
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"We cannot make analysis without talking about what happened this week. We played tough games against United and Napoli. Hats off to the team and the resilience. When you are not effective in the pressing, always it is difficult. I think the result is fair," as per the club's official website.
"We made some transitions but I think Arsenal was better. It's a better result than last season and better against United last week, so we will take that. They were better and we were tired. We played an emotional game against Napoli and then we had four or five hours to arrive to London."
The Catalan manager also addressed the outstanding injuries in his squad and added,
"It was so tough but we were there. We had to be so strong in terms of mentality and we have done it. We have a lot of fatigue, how many injuries with John, Cherki, Ait-Nouri, Nathan was out and then Khusanov got injured."
With this draw against Arsenal, Man City currently stand ninth in the Premier League with seven points in five matches. Guardiola & Co. are now headed to face EFL League One club Huddersfield Town in the Carabao Cup on September 24.
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