Klopp Responds to Man City’s Loss to Aston Villa, Insists It Won’t Derail Their Title Challenge.
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The Liverpool manager commented after City’s third loss this season to Aston Villa, currently in third place due to an outstanding streak under Unai Emery.
City are now winless in their last four Premier League matches.
He said:
“If somebody would write City off that would be the biggest joke in the history of football.”
“Arsenal are fighting and had a similar experience we had [late win vs Fulham].
It feels really good but anyway you have to start the next game from 0-0. Aston Villa is incredible.
United is there, don’t play yet maybe exactly the football whoever wants – the media or whatever – but they have points like crazy. Chelsea, I’m not sure if they’re coming.
“The league is incredibly strong, you need to be lucky to get through difficult moments, with injuries especially.
So I have no clue [who will win the title]. Probably [there are more challengers].
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It was the last years, always two. I’m not interested in that, so long as we’re around there. But it’s so difficult and intense. Ask me again in April.”
Guardiola conceded in the aftermath of the loss that City had been outperformed in every aspect of the game at Villa Park.
He took full accountability for re-establishing the team’s momentum, acknowledging the need to steer last season’s treble-winning side back on course.
He said after the match:
“The better team won, “Aston Villa was better than us.
They are well organised, fast and [have] physical players and team and they are able to control many aspects.
“That is the reason why they are up there, playing good football and we could not do it. It’s my duty, my job to find the way to come back.”
This admission showcased his willingness to shoulder the responsibility and take charge of rectifying the team’s performance moving forward.
