The Citizens conceded a last-minute equaliser as they were held to a 1-1 draw at the Etihad Stadium by Middlesbrough – the third consecutive 1-1 draw they have recorded in their last three home league games.
The balance is what we want to see, but in the box we are not good enough.
Pep Guardiola
However, Guardiola was not too concerned, while admitting that his players need to be sharper in taking their chances, having had opportunities to put the game against Boro to bed before Marten de Roon struck.
He told reporters: “The balance is what we want to see, but in the box we are not good enough. But do you think it is a problem that we concede two chances a game and create 10? I have no regrets about that.
“Like against Everton and Southampton, when you see what the opponents did in all three games at home and we dropped six points, they arrived maybe four or five times in our box.
“When you play the way we want to play, they had ten players in the box for 90 minutes.
“We created enough chances, we attacked really well and we controlled the counter-attacks, but when you arrive in the last minutes just 1-0, everything can happen. If we had scored the second goal, the game was over.”
City, who lost top spot in the Premier League to Chelsea as a result of the draw, face three consecutive away games in all competitions following the international break, before they play host to the Blues in early December in a crunch showdown.
The Citizens are now 2/1 to claim the Premier League title this season, with Chelsea 3/1and Liverpool priced at 5/2.
source: bet365.com