Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola gave credit to Chelsea but also his own players after an enthralling 4-4 draw
Pep Guardiola admitted Manchester City did not play the game they expected at Chelsea but praised his players for battling through.
The draw put an end to five straight victories for City in all competitions after a performance that they don't often produce. However, Guardiola was delighted with the fact that his team had created enough chances to score four goals and praised his players for refusing to get complacent after winning the Treble.ALSO READ: City prove Guardiola right about small clubs in Chelsea thriller
"It happened. We would have preferred to have a thousand long balls but Raheem won the duels, made process with Caicedo to break the lines. They are good. "We can control more but I don't remember a game when we came here with the chances that we had. Last year was much much worse by a million times than today and we won 1-0. We tried, we created a lot of chances but they did too because they are good. The talent cannot be controlled sometimes.
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