Pep Guardiola found out why he chose no longer to turn to his substitutes as Manchester City neglected the chance to move six factors clean of Liverpool at the pinnacle of the Premier League table after a zero-0 draw at Crystal Palace.
City had 18 shots, their largest tally without scoring inside the Premier League in view that their 1-0 defeat at Tottenham in August, with Bernando Silva and Aymeric both squandering a pair of chances of each in a wasteful display from the champions.
Speaking to Sky Sports, Guardiola stated: “We performed a good recreation and created a whole lot of possibilities however couldn’t convert. Sometimes it takes place.”
“I concept loads approximately making modifications however they have been playing well. The men within the facet had the ability to score, I think they had been gambling true.
“But we didn’t rating. The reason is Crystal Palace.
“There are many games nevertheless to play. We need to win a lot however the way we played, (I even have) no regrets about the group. I could opt to have received, of direction, however we performed well.
“The way we performed was excellent, in a tough stadium with the grass now not best.”
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Bernardo Silva told Sky Sports: “I suppose we surely performed well and managed all the sport. Apart from one or instances we lost possession and they counter-attacked, they didn’t create a whole lot.
“We were appropriate however unluckily we couldn’t score. We had our possibilities, need to have scored, but didn’t. Sometimes video games pass this way but the group goes properly.
