Could Man City 'trip up' or will 'queen bee' Guardiola offer key influence?
Manchester City beat Burnley 1-0 to hit the summit of the Premier League for the first time in eight months. With each goal potentially proving crucial in a tense title race, City may view a victory with a solitary Erling Haaland goal as a missed opportunity to boost their goal difference.
[Getty Images] Manchester City beat Burnley 1-0 to hit the summit of the Premier League for the first time in eight months. With each goal potentially proving crucial in a tense title race, City may view a victory with a solitary Erling Haaland goal as a missed opportunity to boost their goal difference. Guardiola said: "We played a really good game.
Unfortunately we missed a lot of chances. We defended better in the second half and we had less problems. "I was not frustrated, why would I be?
We won three points, we are top of the league. Of course we can do better but the guys did everything. " Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville said on Sky Sports: "The players, coaches and fans of Arsenal watching this will be thinking 'will Manchester City play like this against other better teams?
' They could trip up. "There should be urgency to kill the game off, but it is also the goal difference part - it could become vital in the title run-in and you would have thought this was an ideal opportunity. " Phil Johnson, a chartered member of the British Psychological Society's division of sport and exercise, told BBC Sport: "One of the gifts that Guardiola has is his strong emotional connection with his players, with the staff and with the fans.