Guardiola does not regret using the second formation against Liverpool

“I believe in the players. Man City face a tight schedule and have to move a lot with important matches. That’s why I chose this squad.” Guardiola Talk about it later loss at Wembley. “Liverpool’s first goal came from set-piece, where they were very strong and scored many goals. The second goal was an accident. Man City conceded more late in the first half, but showed incredible pride. in the second half we played tirelessly after scoring, because the important thing in football is to keep the tempo Man City created clear chances and scored. It was not easy to do that against Liverpool We fought to the end and showed pride.”

While Liverpool Using the strongest squad, Guardiola replaced up to seven positions compared to Atlético 0-0 draw in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals. Pillars like Ederson, Ruben Dias, Aymeric Laporte, Kevin De Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan, Rodri or Riyad Mahrez are all out. That makes them inferior to Liverpool.

In the 9th minute, Andrew Robertson took a corner for central defender Ibrahima Konate to open the scoring for Liverpool. Less than ten minutes later, Man City conceded a second goal because of a mistake by reserve goalkeeper Zack Steffen. He handled it slowly in front of goal, and let Sadio Mane hit the ball to score from less than five yards. At the end of the half, Mane completed a brace with a volley from the outside to the near corner.

At the beginning of the second half, Gabriel Jesus overcame Konate and dropped the ball to Jack Grealish to cushion the empty net, shortening the lead to 1-3. Man City increased the pressure then and scored more in injury time from Bernardo Silva. In the few minutes remaining, they had three chances but could not take advantage to send the game into extra time.

When asked about Steffen’s mistake, the Spanish coach said: “It was an accident, but we need Steffen to try, because that is the style of Man City. I have spoken with the whole team but that’s it. Ederson also almost made a mistake in the last game against Liverpool. It can happen. We need that to create our football. Of course, we need to reconsider if that happens. Man City need goalkeepers to play the ball to put opponents in various situations But that’s just an accident.Sometimes strikers miss a good chance in the face, other times the keeper doesn’t. mistakes”.

Farewell to the FA Cup, Man City will focus on the ambition to defend the English Premier League crown and win the Champions League for the first time. They are leading the Premier League with 74 points, one point more than Liverpool. On April 20, Man City received Brighton – the club that had just defeated both Tottenham and Arsenal – in a match for round 30. In the continental arena, Guardiola’s army will meet Real in the semi-final first leg at the Etihad on April 26, before marching to the Bernabeu to kick the second leg on May 4.

Hong Duy (according to Sky Sports)