P. Guardiola: 'In such situations, it's very important to just survive.'

2025-12-03 10:24 © Action Images via Reuters

On Tuesday, London’s Fulham and Manchester City played what was probably the most impressive match of this season in the English Premier League.

At the beginning of the second half, Man City was leading 5:1, but Fulham did not give up and scored three goals, and at the end of the match even had several chances to equalize the score.

However, the Cityzens came away unscathed and registered three points in their account.

After the victory, City’s strategist stated that he certainly did not enjoy the match and had no explanation for what happened to his team.

"Did you enjoy it? I found it impossible to enjoy.

This is simply the Premier League. Sometimes it is impossible to control everything here. I know you will ask what happened, but I just don’t know.

In football, sometimes emotion means a lot. I can only say that today we did a wonderful job because we played against a great team.

We scored five goals, and Erling Haaland had a great opportunity at 5:3, which he did not convert, and the opponents immediately responded with their accurate shot.

In such situations, it is very important just to survive. Don’t ask how we did it because even the players themselves don’t know. After all, now the most important thing is the victory,” said P. Guardiola.