Man City boss Guardiola fumes after victory over Spurs: We had no passion nor fire - the fans were silent

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20 Jan 2023 • 7:03 AM MYT
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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola admitted frustration with his players after their 4-2 defeat of Tottenham.

City were 2-0 down at halftime before Riyad Mahrez inspired their fight-back.

Guardiola said, "We have to prepare better, I cannot deny how happy we are but we are far away from the team that we were. Not in terms of play, we played good, but there are many things like competitiveness.

"We gave them the first goal, and then the second goal is ridiculous. There's nothing from the stomach, from the guts and we were lucky but if we don't change we will drop points."

So what are the things that are missing?

"Passion, fire and desire to want to win from the first minute. Our fans were silent for 45 minutes."

Asked about City fans booing at halftime, he added: "They booed because we were losing but in the second half we played good, we had more chances. Maybe it's the same with our team, maybe we are so comfortable with winning four Premier Leagues in five years."