Pep Guardiola blamed the grass at Selhurst Park following Manchester Metropolis’s goalless draw with Crystal Palace on Monday night.
The Premier League champions dominated the sport however have been unable to seek out the breakthrough in opposition to Patrick Vieira’s facet.
The outcome leaves Metropolis nonetheless on the high of the Premier League and 4 factors forward of Liverpool, though Jurgen Klopp’s facet have a recreation in hand and can play the champions in April.
Guardiola praised his facet’s efficiency in opposition to Metropolis however after the sport he complained concerning the state of the pitch at Selhurst park.
‘I feel they [Palace] performed good,’ Guardiola informed Sky Sports activities.
‘There are nonetheless many video games to play, we now have to win loads of video games however the way in which we performed, there’s no regrets concerning the workforce.
‘We might have most well-liked to win in fact however the recreation was effectively performed.
‘We performed to win the sport, we created extra, the stats have been there.
‘The best way we performed was wonderful in a tough stadium with the grass not good, we have been there on a regular basis, we had recreation.’
In the meantime, Bernardo Silva insists Metropolis are nonetheless within the driving seat, regardless of Liverpool with the ability to shut the hole to a degree.
‘It was a troublesome recreation, we really performed effectively, we managed the sport other than one or two occasions. We couldn’t rating and we must always’ve scored,’ mentioned the midfielder.
‘9 video games to go, but it surely’s nonetheless higher to be in our place than in Liverpool’s they usually should play in our stadium so it’s going to be thrilling.
‘It’s by no means straightforward to play at any workforce away within the Premier League. It’s at all times higher to win than draw and we wished to have a bonus of six factors over Liverpool.’
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