- ABC News
- December 7, 2024
Manchester City cannot think about winning a fifth consecutive Premier League title, manager Pep Guardiola said, with the team mired in a run of poor performances. Guardiola's side had to settle for a point in a 2-2 league draw with Crystal Palace on Saturday, twice coming back from a goal down and losing Rico Lewis to a red card late in the game, to remain fourth in the standings. "We take a point. We fought incredible and came back twice. It's a season to suffer. We'll see what happens in the last months," Guardiola said. "We cannot talk about the title race when we lose four games in a row and draw. We'll try to recover players. We'll see in the last month." Lewis and Erling Haaland scored in the draw that had Guardiola speaking with pride about his players' resilience with his side still missing a number of key players through injury and illness. "We have many important players injured -- many players with many minutes but the...