Pep Guardiola gave his thoughts on a helter-skelter 5-4 victory for Man City against Fulham.
Erling Haaland got the scoring started for the Citizens, completing a record breaking century of goals in the Premier League after only 113 games in the competition. Tijjani Reijnders doubled the lead, Phil Foden filled his boots with a second brace in as many matches for the side, and City were 5-1 to the good at the start of the second half. It seemed that they were strolling towards three points.
But the Cottagers refused to give up easily. Alex Iwobi cut the deficit down in the 57th minute, a brace from Samuel Chukwueze left the sides separated by a single strike, and Josh King could have equalised in injury time of the second half if a chipped effort went over the line. It is the second time that the Citizens have sloppily sacrificed a healthy advantage, having narrowly beaten Leeds United 3-2 on the weekend, but Guardiola was able to look at the bright side of things with victory in the bag.
“I’m so old, and the players don’t respect me! They don’t have to treat their manager in that way.
“It only happens in this league. We played a fantastic game… There was some really positive things in what we have done. To come here, to score five goals, and the way we played in that first half.
“In the end it was a question of character, resilience and defence. They did what they had to do.”
“Of course I was concerned. But this will help us in future games. Every game is a new team for some players. You have to make a process to start to correct.
“It’s incredible, impressive. Erling was outstanding, today he was unbelievable. He made a fantastic goal. Hopefully he’s starving hungry to continue with this club to make more and more goals.”
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