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- Updated: November 26, 2016
Pep Guardiola admits Manchester City need to find a way to deal with long balls after their 2-1 victory over Burnley on Saturday.
Sergio Aguero scored twice as City came from behind to win a hard-fought match at Turf Moor.
Despite the result, City, who were without captain Vincent Kompany and John Stones, looked largely unconvincing at the back, especially when Burnley took the aerial route into the box.
“It’s difficult to defend against long balls,” said Guardiola. “Burnley are taller than us and second balls are good. They are so dangerous.
“All Premier League teams do well in this area and we have to improve a little bit the way we deal with those kind of actions – in Spain and Germany, it doesn’t …