Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has said that the 1-1 draw with Liverpool on Sunday, is “one of the happiest days of my career as a manager”.
City fought back to equalize through Sergio Aguero, after a James Milner penalty gave Jurgen Klopp’s men the lead.
The result ensured Guardiola’s men stayed third, just one point above Liverpool – with a game in hand.
Guardiola said afterwards, he was proud of his players’ attitude, although he feels they had chances to take all three points at the Etihad.
“You cannot imagine. This is one of the happiest days of my career as a manager,” he told Sky Sports.
“After our defeat in the Champions League, for two days we were so, so sad and in the training sessions we didn’t talk too much.
“We arrive here against Liverpool, who haven’t had European football all year and had all week to prepare for that game, and how we fight and how we run and how we showed spirit – today is one of the happiest days of my life as a manager.
“The way we play, we concede chances but we create a lot of chances. Like all matches, we create more chances but this is our problem, our problem is we don’t score goals.
“With the conditions we played that game, after being [knocked] out of the Champions League and playing against Liverpool, one of the best teams, and how we played against them means a lot to me — so that is why I am happy with my players.
“We always play to win, we always play to attack, we always play to respect our spectators and of course, we are sad because we didn’t win.”
“When you approach one game after 10 games winning nothing is special. You have to consider the situation we played this game, how we played against them, a top team — they have exceptional players — means a lot to me. That is why I am so happy.”
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