Erling Haaland may not be back until February after the Manchester City striker suffered a setback.
27.12.2023 - 23:41 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Pep Guardiola was delighted that Manchester City backed up his belief that they still have the fight to win the Premier League.
City risked another good performance going unrewarded when sloppy errors handed Everton a 1-0 lead at Goodison Park against the run of play in their first Premier League game since being crowned world champions in Saudi Arabia. However, Phil Foden led the resurgence and scored the equaliser before Julian Alvarez netted a penalty and Bernardo Silva made the game safe in the closing minutes.
Guardiola described the game as 'massive' after the win and is happy that his team are still among the frontrunners in a Premier League that appears to be more competitive than in previous seasons. Three points from Merseyside takes the reigning champions to within five points of leaders Liverpool with a game in hand.
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"I remember on the plane after coming back from Saudi Arabia and we were world champions and I listened to the players when they didn't know I was listening and they started to talk about Everton," he said. "I said, 'wow this is my team'.
"I have the feeling they still want to try. We play many games this season and people say we are not the same. We have lost one of the last 12 or 13.
"Aston Villa were miles better but in the rest we were better. We don't talk enough about how good we are.
"We were really pleased with how we reacted and it proved again how special this group of players is and the mentality that we all have in our bones."
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