Pep Guardiola was animated - and angry - on the touchline as Manchester City scraped past Leyton Orient in the FA Cup as more big moments went against his side as they prepare for Real Madrid.
One of Pep Guardiola 's favourite phrases is 'it is what it is.' He never looks for excuses and accepts the up-and-down nature of football. He's been around enough to see everything and knows that there aren't the incredible highs without some lows around the corner.
"I was thinking 'of course, a shot from the halfway line after we created so many chances went in,' bemoaned Rico Lewis at full-time with a rueful smile. At Brisbane Road, Gonzalez looked like Rodri, patrolling the base of midfield, playing passes from side to side and occasionally over the top when the press could be broken. Without any standout moments, he looked solid and able to fit into a Guardiola system if given some time to adapt.
And then Gonzalez went down and couldn't continue, holding his hip and limping heavily. The £50m arrival Guardiola has been waiting for all season, injured already. "It’s a pity; I don’t know how hard the kick was, but he could not continue," Guardiola said after the game. The obvious counter is that every club suffers from injuries but not every club can go and spend £180m on reinforcements midway through the campaign. City should have had enough to blow Orient away earlier than they did so cannot fall back on any excuse for their struggles.
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