City were beaten 2-1 by Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday in what felt like a narrow defeat. Christian Pulisic scored a counter-attacking gift presented to him by Benjamin Mendy to give the hosts the lead, and a Willian penalty earned them all three points after Fernandinho had handled on the line.
Pep Guardiola sounded happy enough with the performance. "In general we were there, we played in terms of our attacking really good," he said. "Of course it’s not easy to attack this defensive structure from Chelsea and the physicality in their team. "Unfortunately, like has happened many times, we conceded mistakes that punish us a lot and against teams at this level with these qualities it makes it difficult.
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