After his team fell 14 points behind Premier League leaders Liverpool following defeat to Manchester United, Pep Guardiola tried to point out the positives to his Manchester City team, according to Spanish midfielder Rodri.
There was no hairdryer treatment from the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss, despite another disappointing display from his troops.
City have now failed to win five of their last seven games in all competition, with their Premier League title charge grinding to a halt in dramatic fashion.
With Liverpool showing no signs of slowing down, Manchester City couldn’t afford to slip up against their local rivals Manchester United but goals from Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial proved enough to secure all three points for the visitors.
But despite the inevitable frustration, Rodri revealed that Guardiola attempted to remain positive in the Etihad dressing room after the match.
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‘The manager always takes the good points,’ Rodri said.
‘He tried to lift our heads up. It is a tough moment for the team, but we have to keep fighting.
‘We have other cups, other goals which are interesting and very good, so we need to keep fighting and of course recover people because we have lots of problems with injuries – it’s been tough at the beginning of the season.’
The Spanish midfielder was frustrated that City haven’t corrected errors made in games gone by and conceded the title is now likely beyond them.
‘We knew what they were going to do, many times we have known what teams would do but we haven’t fixed these things,’ Rodri added.
‘We shouldn’t let them turn, we need to be more aggressive – it’s our fault.
‘It’s too much [the points gap], I don’t know. I would tell the supporters to stay behind us because we have other things this year, other cups. It’s difficult but we have to fight until the end.
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‘The fans are amazing but have to keep supporting us because they are important.
‘We don’t want to talk about that (the gap), or look at the table. We have lots of other good things this year, other cups, and we still have the Premier League, of course.
‘We have to keep fighting until the end. Of course, they (Liverpool) are very strong. Now it is difficult but we have to keep trying.
‘We will give everything in the Premier League but things are not going as we want. We have had lots of injuries since the start of the season, we have had many rigorous decisions of course in matches, and it’s always difficult.
‘The Premier League is like this – physically and mentally we have to get the team back because we are a bit down now.’
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