Guardiola: The opponent s formation retracement only wants to defend and has been wasting time

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In the 36th round of the Premier League, Manchester City drew 0-0 with Southampton away. De Bruyne scored a high free kick in the first half, and Kovacic shot to create a dangerous attack. In the second half, B's close-range shot was blocked and missed a good opportunity. In stoppage time, Marmush's shot was in the frame. Manchester City scored 65 points in one game, leading Chelsea by 2 points.

Southampton contracted its defense in this game, making it difficult for Manchester City to open up the situation, and the two teams finally had a blank score. After the draw with Manchester City, Southampton scored 12 points, surpassing Derby County in the 2007-08 season (11 points) to avoid tying the lowest points in the Premier League.

After interview, Manchester City coach Guardiola said, "I'm very unlucky, we didn't score. We had a better pace in the second half because we sent a winger, and we couldn't improve the rhythm in the first half. We need players to send crosses because the opponent has 11 people piled up in the 18-yard area to defend. Our players have tried their best and are very focused on defense."

"We can't control the opponent's behavior, we can only accept it. They just want to do this, they have been relegated, so what else can I say?"

"The opponent has been defending, defending and then continuing to defend, and has been wasting time. I didn't expect the opponent's formation to retreat so deeply."

Talk about the comeback in this game Rand, Guardiola said, "He has been out for four or five weeks, and he played 97 minutes today. He is not a player like Foden. Foden only needs a few training sessions to play, and Haaland needs to move his body and find the rhythm. We still have 3 games (FA Cup finals + 2 Premier League games), and the team will do their best."

Manchester City defender Ruben Dias expressed the same view as Guardiola, "We feel very disappointed against such an opponent. They don't want to play football at all. They just want to waste time in the whole game. I feel that the opponent doesn't want to play football at all, and I can't feel their desire to win. We tried various methods and got opportunities, but failed to score goals. That's the case."

Text/Yanshan