Manchester City were less than four minutes away from securing a third straight Premier League victory, but Pep Guardiola’s side couldn’t protect its 2-0 lead away to Brentford and settled for a hugely disappointing point.
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Phil Foden scored twice to give himself 8 goals in 7 games against the Bees, only to watch the lead slip away (2-1 at the time) from the bench. Guardiola was visibly frustrated and was seen having a go at defender Josko Gvardiol and goalkeeper Stefan Ortega after the full-time whistle.
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“We are disappointed because at 2-0 up, we didn’t manage [the game] very good. At the end, they make a lot of plays in the box and we are not strong there because of the absences that we have. Unfortunately, we could not close the game … but today we didn’t make the right decisions in the final third to close the game and in the end, we take the point.”
Asked directly if he was happy with the point, Guardiola shrugged, smiled and said, “Yeah, it is what it is.”