Pep Guardiola insisted the Premier League title race is way from over regardless of Manchester Metropolis heading into the brand new 12 months eight factors clear on the high.
Phil Foden’s first-half objective was sufficient for Metropolis to safe a 1-0 win at Brentford and tighten their grip on high spot after slip-ups by Liverpool and Chelsea.
Guardiola’s reigning champions have now gained 10 matches in a row, however the Metropolis boss stated: “We gained the sport, we’re on run, nevertheless it’s the top of December.
“There are lots of video games to go. We’re eight factors in entrance however there are 54 nonetheless to play for and plenty of powerful video games nonetheless to play.
Phil Foden netted the winner for Metropolis (John Walton/PA)
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“I’m not going to imagine anybody who says it’s already executed. The groups we now have with Chelsea and Liverpool are greater than distinctive.
“Now we have the gap not as a result of they dropped factors however as a result of we gained 10 in a row. However there are 54 factors nonetheless to play for.”
The profitable objective arrived within the sixteenth minute, Kevin De Bruyne whipping in a first-time cross from the best which Foden expertly guided house along with his in-step.
Foden and Jack Grealish had been benched for Metropolis’s wins over Newcastle and Leicester after they have been pictured on an evening out following the 7-0 house win over Leeds.
I am not going to imagine anybody who says it is already executed. The groups we now have with Chelsea and Liverpool are greater than distinctive
Pep Guardiola on the title race
However the England pair have been again within the beginning line-up and it was Foden who dazzled.
Guardiola added: “Phil has at all times been excellent. He’s a man who can play in several positions at an distinctive degree.
“We had no doubts about that. Did he have something to show? Completely not.”
Metropolis may, and doubtless ought to, have scored extra after the break. Lower than a minute into the second half Foden nearly had one other, his glancing header from one other De Bruyne cross flying large of the far publish.
Manchester Metropolis are flying excessive on the high of the Premier League (John Walton/PA)
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Foden and Aymeric Laporte each had the ball within the web however have been pulled up for offside, whereas De Bruyne hit the close to publish with a skidding effort from the sting of the world.
However it was removed from one-way visitors with Brentford seeing Yoane Wissa’s shot cleared off the road by Joao Cancelo, with Guardiola conceding: “Each time they put the ball within the field, they’re so good.
“Simply have a look at the outcomes Brentford have executed this season. It has been so tight. They’re distinctive at what they do and that’s why the sport we performed was excellent right this moment.”
Thomas Frank felt Brentford deserved a degree (John Walton/PA)
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Brentford’s efficiency was all of the extra spectacular given they have been with out 11 first-team gamers, and boss Thomas Frank stated: “It was an unimaginable, unbelievable, unbelievable efficiency, particularly within the first half.
“We have been enjoying towards one of the best staff in Europe. Everyone knows Metropolis are unbelievable offensively, however they’ve their moments when they’re in type and never in type – and we obtained them on the high of their type.
“We gave one likelihood away in 45 minutes and created three alternatives. Sadly we lacked a innovative within the second half.
“However I’m extremely proud and thought we deserved at the least a degree.”
Kaynak: briturkish.com
