Pep Guardiola reveals how Man City players reacted after Manchester United defeat

Pep Guardiola has revealed how his Manchester City gamers have reacted to their derby loss to Manchester United – and says they’ve been “on hearth” forward of tomorrow’s conflict with Southampton.

The Reds introduced a document 21-game successful streak to an finish with a 2-0 win on the Etihad Stadium on Sunday.

However the Blues stay 11 factors away from their native rivals with ten video games of the league season left – and might stretch that to 14 by beating the Saints tomorrow.

Metropolis have grow to be used to successful within the final three months, however Guardiola has been proud of the way in which they’ve responded to the setback.

“A mixture of disappointment, unhappiness – the second day a bit higher and at the moment fully on hearth to attempt to do an excellent sport tomorrow,” he mentioned, when requested how his gamers have taken the derby defeat.

“It’s a traditional course of if you lose a sport. We misplaced the sport however everybody realises how tough it’s to win video games, to do good issues. You simply consider the subsequent one.

“Successful the Premier League is so difficult, so tough. That’s why generally it’s good to understand what we now have achieved. However we nonetheless have a variety of work to do, to reach within the final video games in rivalry to win the Premier League

“We’re alive in all competitions, we’re in a single closing. We’re at an essential a part of the season and tomorrow we’ll attempt to do an excellent sport.”

Guardiola was additionally requested whether or not he was about to find how his aspect will react in “dangerous moments”, one thing he has repeatedly mentioned would take a look at them.

However he dismissed the concept this was a foul second, saying: “Towards United we performed actually good apart from the primary ten minutes, after we conceded within the first seconds.

“It doesn’t matter what occurs tomorrow – successful could be good however there are nonetheless any extra video games to play. One sport at a time, that’s what we now have to do.

“In soccer you lose video games, proper all over the world. The exception, the place you don’t, we now have achieved.”