Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is elated by the fact his team did not concede at Anfield.
The Cityzens were forced to return to Manchester with just a point after an epic encounter that even saw Riyadh Mahrez fail to convert from the spot kick in the dying moments of the game. Gadriel Jesus was brought down by Virgil Van Dijk for City’s penalty award.
“We competed and we controlled them in terms of the counter-attack with their front three. Our back four was so good and we enjoyed a lot of patient build-up, but we didn’t create much after that. It’s a good result. We tried to win and we didn’t concede at Anfield which is quite special. We had our chance and we tried to be ourselves.” Guardiola said.
The Spaniard took satisfaction in that they did not a loss at Liverpool; history they have had to live with for almost four decades. To him, the draw was far more enough.
“We’ve had 40 or 50 years of not winning here and often we’ve lost. It’s a good result – I’m so satisfied with what we have done. As a team, you know Liverpool will punish our mistakes, and at the back, we controlled it very well. So, it would be better to win at Anfield, but we don’t lose, last season we lost here, this season we draw, maybe next season we win, we will see.
– Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero has played 10 matches in all competitions at Anfield in his career (eight with Man City, two with Atletico Madrid), failing to score in any of those games.
– Among players to have taken at least 10 penalties in the Premier League, only Juan Pablo Angel (50%) has a lower success rate than Manchester City’s Riyad Mahrez (58%).