By Daily Sports on January 15, 2018
Pep Guardiola has challenged his Manchester City stars to use their dramatic 4-3 defeat at Liverpool as a warning to guard against complacency.
Guardiola's side saw their 30-match unbeaten run in the Premier League come to a stunning end at Anfield on Sunday.
The leaders fell behind to Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's early opener and although Leroy Sane equalised before halftime, City were blown away by three goals in nine second half minutes from Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah.
Although late goals from Bernardo Silva and Ilkay Gundogan put a flattering gloss on the scoresheet, City boss Guardiola had no complaints about his side's first league defeat since April 5 at Chelsea.
It was City's first domestic defeat since an FA Cup semifinal against Arsenal on April 23.
Conceding that all the talk of City winning the title at a canter and possibly going unbeaten throughout the entire season made it hard to keep his players motivated, the Spaniard said: "In every press conference for the last few months you have said that the Premier League is done.
"I always said no. It is still to be done. Sometimes the worse thing is when people say from one month ago that it is over.
"It's so difficult to maintain this run, especially against good teams like Liverpool.
"Football is an unpredictable game. We have to fight until the end to win the league." © AFP
•Photo shows Pep Guardiola.
Source Daily Sports
Posted January 15, 2018
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