Guardiola: In the final stage, it was difficult to score with 11 men in the opponent s penalty area. We are used to a dense schedule.

In the 12th round of the Premier League on November 24, Manchester City lost 1-2 to Newcastle United in an away game. Manchester City coach Guardiola accepted an interview with the media after the game.

About O'Reilly

It wasn't his fault he conceded the goal, he had another great game, running back and forth with passion and love.

The situation of the game

The team actually performed well. We understand Newcastle's high-intensity style of play and you have to deal with it, and we did it. They controlled the tempo of the game for a while, but that's bound to happen. In the second half, we made slight adjustments. The midfielders shrank their positions to better occupy key areas, and the overall performance improved.

The physical confrontation in this type of game is extremely fierce, and the ball rights change frequently. Guimarães showed outstanding personal abilities and helped Newcastle score. After that, we got shooting opportunities through corner kicks and also created other opportunities. Unfortunately, we did not do a good enough job in defending corner kicks in the final stage of the game. Although we still had one or two chances, we failed to score in the end. In the final stage, 11 players of the opponent were defending in the penalty area. This situation is always difficult.

About the intensive schedule

We are already used to it. We have won four crowns and three crowns under such an intensive schedule. This is also the goal we are pursuing. If we want to achieve this, we need to adapt to this continuous battle situation. We're so used to it that it's not a problem.