"Manchester City" coach Pep Guardiola reacted quite sensitively to the failure against London's "Crystal Palace".
This season, fighting for the title with "Liverpool", the "City" team unexpectedly suffered a defeat at home yesterday. The "Man City" match started successfully - Gundogan put the hosts ahead, but then "Crystal Palace" responded with three goals and celebrated victory with a score of 3:2.
At the press conference, P. Guardiola received many questions about his tactical decisions. For example, John Stones played in the defensive midfield position, while Sergio Aguero and Kevin De Bruyne remained on the bench.
"When we win - I am a genius, when we lose - I have already become bad," - Guardiola responded simply to criticism.
"I do not know how the match would have unfolded if Kevin and Sergio had started. Fernandinho was injured, so I decided to place Stones in his position, who looked good in that position against "Leicester".
"He was excellent in these matches, except for one time. I admire and always praise people who try to fit into a position where they have not previously played.
Of course, I could have played with De Bruyne, but I chose another player. Jesus scored two goals against "Everton", and Sergio needs time to return to his form.
"Kevin is feeling better and better. We wanted to see six or seven players with 'fresh' legs on the field. This will happen in the future. When we have many matches, we must use everyone.
"The guys who played today did absolutely everything to change the result," - Pep concluded.
