- Manchester City manager wary of ‘most aggressive team’
- Guardiola laments ‘terrible’ schedule of six games in January
Pep Guardiola has admitted concern about Manchester City’s defending before the World Cup break with the manager warning they cannot lose any more ground on Arsenal ahead of their “terrible” January schedule.
City lost 2-1 against Brentford at the Etihad Stadium on 12 November in their final Premier League match before the World Cup and, before Wednesday’s game at Leeds, Guardiola admitted that his team could “not control” Ivan Toney, who scored both the visitors’ goals last month. Following Arsenal’s win against West Ham on Boxing Day, Mikel Arteta’s side have a seven-point lead at the top of the table over second-placed Newcastle, but City can retake that place and reduce the lead to five points if they beat Leeds.
