Guardiola pleaded guilty after the defeat to Manchester City

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola admits Bournemouth’s intensity was too much for his side.

City stunned 2-1 Saturday at Dean Court this Saturday. This is the first defeat of the Sky Blue this season. A mistake for which Guardiola bears full responsibility. After the meeting, the Catalan technician admitted: “We knew we couldn’t match Bournemouth’s intensity. We talked about it. It was an open match. We had chances at the end but I congratulate Bournemouth on the win.”

Guardiola applauds Bournemouth

Guardiola appreciated Cherry’s style of play: “50-50 balls in the center, duels, they play this type of match. They are very aggressive. They had six or seven days to prepare. They have physicality and speed, but you have to win in those situations. And they had chances. Ederson saved well. We had some really good moments early in the second half and it was hard to swallow after that because we were good. After the goal, we had momentum and moments, but we couldn’t score.”

“That’s how it is. We have few players with a lot of minutes and a lot of players without minutes, which makes the balance a little awkward. We played well against Spurs, but we couldn’t handle their intensity today, so we lost the match.”– concluded the Sky Blues manager.