West Bromwich Albion picked up their first ever point at Etihad Stadium thanks to a 1-1 draw with Manchester City on Tuesday.
City looked like they would cruise to victory when Ilkay Gundogan converted Raheem Sterling's cutback after half an hour.
But a volley from Semi Ajayi deflected off Ruben Dias to give Albion an equaliser before half-time.
An inspired Sam Johnstone denied Gundogan and Sterling with point blank saves to preserve the scoreline.
It was a much needed point for Slaven Bilic's men, who defended heroically to move within two points of safety.
On the other side, Pep Guardiola was annoyed with his team for not finishing off a game he believed they deserved to win.
"We didn't create much in the first half, they had a lot of people back, we struggled to win the second balls. In the second half we did everything we just couldn't score.
"We created enough to win the game, 26 shots I think, you just have to put the ball in, We are struggling with that. We have to be optimistic.
"You don't have to be so clever to see the gap between this year and previous years [in our results]. It is not confidence, Sergio Aguero is injured for four months, but we create chances, we are there we just can't score.
"It is not about the points [to the top of the league], you have to win games like this. We know it, we drop points. These are the ones you have to win. It's not far away to the top of the league but you have to beat West Brom at home. There are a lot of games left.
"This situation is weird for everyone. We deserved to win the game but we didn't win it."
