We drank all the alcohol in Manchester 40 hours ago and the boys still played an extraordinary game, Guardiola jokingly summed up City’s performance on Wednesday

Manchester City are just finishing the season after winning the league title. So it didn’t matter at all that they lost two points at Brighton in the 32nd round of the Premier League yesterday. But Pep Guardiola praised his charges even because of the recent exuberant celebrations.

Manchester City could afford to lose two points at Brighton after winning the title

Manchester City are experiencing a dream season and still nurture a unique chance to win a historic treble. Pep Guardiola’s side secured the league title in the previous round and have two more cup finals to come at the end of the season.

Guardiola could thus afford to rotate the line-up in yesterday’s league match at Brighton, who are also enjoying a historic season. According to post-match interviews, he didn’t expect too much from his players on difficult ground, even because of the recent celebrations.

However, his charges soon pleased him when Phil Foden opened the scoring after Erling Haaland’s teamwork. But a beautiful shot was equalised by young Paraguayan Julio Enciso and then the home side Brighton were even within touching distance of victory. Still, he was happy with the draw and his team’s performance in his post-match interview.

Pep Guardiola was proud of his charges because of the recent exuberant celebrations

“We drank all the alcohol in Manchester 40 hours ago,” Guardiola described his charges’ exuberant celebrations after winning the league title. “But despite that, the boys played an extraordinary game,” he praised the players.

“I was a bit worried about how much the celebrations would affect our performance. But we have shown why we are the best team in England. I am very happy with the way the team has performed even after becoming champions,” he did not hide his delight with the way the season has gone so far.

However, the charismatic coach and his team still have some tough tests ahead of them. In early June, the Citizens will take on the Manchester clubs in a derby for the world’s oldest club trophy, the FA Cup.

Then a week later they will face the historic achievement of dominating the millionaire Champions League when they take on Inter Milan for the Eared Cup. The date is set for June 10 and the match will be played at the Olympic Stadium in Istanbul.

Source: Premier League, The Guardian, The Sun – Twitter