Pep Guardiola has admitted that Tottenham were the better side as Manchester City slipped to a 2-0 defeat at White Hart Lane on Sunday.
An own-goal from Aleksandar Kolarov and a well-worked strike from Dele Alli condemned the Citizens to their first defeat under new manager Pep Guardiola.
City were looking to bounce back from their 3-3 draw __with Celtic in the Champions League on Wednesday but they were unable to grab a foothold in the game as Spurs dominated for long periods.
And Guardiola conceded that they were outplayed in north London despite having a good spell near the end of the match.
“They were better. We were not in the right positions so congratulations to them,” said the Spaniard.
FT | Spurs 2-0 City
Two first half goals do the damage as #mcfc's 100% @premierleague start comes to an end. #spursvcity pic.twitter.com/mN8XLzAQmc
— Manchester City (@ManCity) October 2, 2016
“The first goal is quite similar to the one we conceded in Glasgow, it is always difficult to recover. We played much better in the last 15 or 20 minutes. We knew they would press us high, we wanted that but they did it better.
“[Losing] It is part of the game, part of our job. I never thought that we would not lose a game, you can’t imagine that. It is normal to the process, sometimes it happens and it can help us improve.
“I am not here for the talk around me, I am here to do my job. It is October, you cannot imagine my team is already done. I am new here. So far it has been an amazing performance but we need more, we have to work more, it is what it is.
“At the end of the season you can win and still realise that you are not perfect.”