Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has spoken well of his team’s performance after they drew with their city rivals Manchester United at the weekend.
City crossed town to Old Trafford to face off against United in the latest iteration of the Manchester derby in the 2024/25 Premier League season. The week 31 clash was important for their top four chances, but after the happenings of week 31, they remain in fifth place, just a point below Chelsea, who currently occupy fourth place.
Guardiola spoke to the journalists after the game, saying that his team will continue to press forward with their charge despite dropping two important points.
“It’s what it is,” the two-time treble winner said. “Of course it would be better to win. Old Trafford is Old Trafford. You always need a good performance to win.
“We tried to make a good build-up, get crosses really well and tried to control the situations. They can run and they were dangerous but always we had our chances. In the second half in the first 10 or 15 mins it was our best moment.
“The last three games I saw many good things, in the last two games and today and the passion when we lose the ball that we lost many times this season for many reasons.
“But with the ball always our strength will be with the position and we lost that today. We were not in the right position to hurt them.
“We have to be in one tempo and be in the right position. But we could not accelerate it because we were not in the right position, that’s why we missed a little bit our tempo to create more chances.
“Of course, Phil had one chance, two or two shots from Kevin and one from Omar. They had chances from transitions but I think it’s fair enough.
“We take the point and we move forward.”
City’s Targets for the Remainder of the Season
The Spanish tactician also outlined his team’s targets for the rest of the season, one of which includes a potential route to a trophy win when they come up against Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup semi-final.
“Crystal Palace and go for it,” he added. “I would prefer to have 10 or 12 more points. Previous seasons with five or six games we were already there but it is what it is.
“I’m concerned about recovering, Crystal Palace and Everton, FA Cup semi-final with Nottingham Forest. All the games ahead of us.
“Win, win, win and that’s what we’re going to try to do.”
