Micah Hamilton will remain with the Manchester City academy for now despite notching a superb goal for the senior side on Wednesday night.
25.11.2023 - 16:27 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Pep Guardiola said that Manchester City players were disappointed not to beat Liverpool before he urged them to celebrate their point.
Erling Haaland gave the Blues a first-half lead after Nathan Ake threaded him through following an Alisson miskick, but Trent Alexander-Arnold levelled the game after the break. City had a few chances to snatch a winner but had to settle for a draw that keeps them ahead of their Merseyside rivals but did see an end to an extraordinary run of 23 straight wins at the Etihad in 2023.
On the back of a 4-4 draw at Stamford Bridge, the Blues are winless in two but Guardiola was far more interested in both the overall performance of his players and the improvements he saw from the Chelsea game. When he saw his players after the match, the fact they were kicking themselves over not winning was enough proof for the coach that the squad have the mentality required to challenge again this season.
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"Against Chelsea we defend really poorly in the box, we go on the grass. Today we stood up, defend the duels, rely on our keeper. With the way they play, we can't, we don't have this space that they had," he said.
"We made more of the process and travelled with the ball altogether and we did it like quite similar last season. We played really good because I know against which team we are playing for.
"They are excellent. I admire Jurgen [Klopp] a lot, he knows that. That's why after many years, we are able still to do it and be hungry and a little bit sad because they feel oh god, we had the chances to do it.
"It's football. I said to them listen that
Micah Hamilton will remain with the Manchester City academy for now despite notching a superb goal for the senior side on Wednesday night.
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