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'No energy' and 'predictable' - Guardiola won't blame VAR for derby loss

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Pep Guardiola suffered defeat in his 27th Manchester derbyPublished7 minutes ago3 CommentsManchester City were outfought by rivals Manchester United on Saturday lunchtime in a derby defeat that not only gave their neighbours a winning start to a new era, but also dealt a further blow to the Citizems' title hopes. City's demoralising 2-0 loss at a raucous Old Trafford allowed the home faithful to deservedly claim the bragging rights over their closest geographical rivals as they revelled in the perfect start to Michael Carrick's tenure as interim head coach. But for the blue half of the City, defeat leaves them clinging to the title race by their fingertips, potentially falling nine points behind leaders Arsenal by the end of the day. This was City's sixth game in 17 days and boss Pep Guardiola felt a lack of energy contributed to the defeat, rather than the decision not to send United's Diogo Dalot off in the first half."The better team won," said the Spaniard. "They had something we didn't have. We always talk about the energy we need.

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Pep Guardiola

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  • It's related to how you defend, some moments, some duels and some situations, but also with the ball."It's my 27th derby, I came here many times and [today] we were not at the required level to win this type of game."We try, we talk about that but we had that energy four days ago at Newcastle.
  • Even at Sunderland and the three games we draw we played extremely good in many departments but today no."Just accept it and move on."A 'perfect' start for Carrick - how Man Utd ran rivals raggedPublished23 minutes agoMan Utd claim memorable derby victory over Man City'No panic buy' - Guehi would cap £414m rebuild as Man City up title antePublished22 hours agoShould Dalot have been sent off?United scored twice in the second half through Bryan Mbeumo and Patrick Dorgu, and they also had three goals ruled out for offside, hit the woodwork twice and forced visiting goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma into a string of saves. The hosts could have been reduced to 10 men inside the first 10 minutes when full-back Dalot caught Jeremy Doku in a knee-high challenge with his studs. Referee Anthony Taylor brandished a yellow card for the Portuguese and the decision was supported by the video assistant referee (VAR). The Premier League match centre explained the decision by saying: "The referee's call of yellow card to Dalot for a reckless challenge was checked and confirmed by VAR - with the contact deemed to be glancing and not with excessive force."Guardiola said: "It's a red card but it would be poor as a manager to analyse that as the reason for [losing] the game - it is what it is."For 85 minutes 10 against 11 I believe, but if we played with the energy that we did, we were nowhere near that.
  • I could say that and blame [the decision], but we will not grow up and move forward."It happened and it is not a surprise, it happened in the past when I arrived here.
  • Honestly, we have to look at ourselves.
  • If the players have excuses, we will be in trouble in the future."We have to look at ourselves and today the analysis is simple - Manchester United were better and we have to accept it."Former Premier League official Darren Cann told BBC Sport he thought Dalot was "very fortunate to escape a red card".
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