Pep Guardiola warns Man City must 'be patient' in title race after 'horrible' tactical mistake against Arsenal

Pep Guardiola says Manchester City “have to be patient” as he still considers Arsenal to be the Premier League “leaders”. Guardiola was speaking after his side’s 3-1 victory took them top of the table on goal difference, albeit with Arsenal able to go back on top of the table if they win their game in hand. Ad He said: “We are top of the league but they have one game in hand.

It’s a long road, but coming here and winning against this team, the first time they were better than us. Half time we said we can't play, we were just defending because they were so good, but we should be so active.” Premier League'I admire him' — Guardiola apologises to Gerrard for slip commentsYESTERDAY AT 16:03 Bernardo Silva started at left-back in the game, a tactical development that Guardiola admitted was a mistake. “I decided something new and it was horrible," said Guardiola.

«The second half we were more like we are. We let them play, they found the players behind, the second half we chatted a little bit, going more aggressive, and we controlled the ball more and we played more. Erling [Haaland] helped a lot, he used his power to keep the ball.

“In the first half they had one more player in midfield, the second half we were much better. “Bernardo is so important because he is so clever, he is a player who started at left-back and finished as a right winger.” Man City blow title race wide open with win at Arsenal Felix missed chances cost Chelsea as Adeyemi stunner sees Dortmund take lead to London Benzema scores twice as Real Madrid ease past Elche Asked if he considered his side to have the initiative in the title race, the Spaniard noted that there were plenty more games to come. He continued: “[There are] many games to play.