Manchester City has already left the League Cup this time. Their position in the Premier League points table, which has knocked them out of the title race, cannot be said yet. But it is certain that it will be difficult for them to retain the title.
Because Arsenal, who are at the top, are 5 points ahead of them by playing one match less. United lost 2-1 at Old Trafford yesterday in a match to close the points gap with Arsenal. What City coach Pep Guardiola said after this loss is a bit of a surprise. This coach claims that he has no worries about Premier League and League Cup.
"I don't care what happened in the Premier League and the Carabao Cup (League Cup)," Guardiola said after the match. We have won this title many times. No problem if you don't win. The problem is how we played on the field. My focus is always on field performance. I'm out of the League Cup, it doesn't matter. We didn't play the way we wanted. Today (yesterday) we played well.'
Guardiola's side have won the league title four times in the last five seasons. After 2014, they have won the Carabao Cup 6 times. Maybe that's why Guardiola was able to say the words like this.
Jack Grealish scored for City yesterday. City were on course for victory with his goal. However, after conceding two goals in four minutes, Guardiola's team was knocked out of the match. Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford scored two goals. There is controversy over the goal scored by Fernandez. Guardiola also reacted angrily to the goal after the match.
On the BBC's 'Match of the Day' show, the goal might have been disallowed had the venue been different, 'Marcus Rashford was offside, not Bruno Fernandez. Rashford confused our goalkeeper and key defenders. That's how it happened. It is difficult for the referees in this kind of stadium.' However, Guardiola does not want to make any official complaint about this goal.
United are number three in the points table after beating City. They are 6 points behind Arsenal at the top, and Ten Haag's team is 1 point behind City. However, Ten Haag does not want to think about winning the title yet. After the match, the United coach said, 'Supporters can dream, but we are not. We must keep our feet on the ground. The trend of improvement should be maintained in the next matches.