Manchester City vs. Chelsea: Pep Guardiola, Antonio Conte React to EPL Match

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola took time to congratulate Premier League leaders Chelsea on their 3-1 win at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday, before apologising for the late fracas that saw Sergio Aguero and Fernandinho sent off. 

A Gary Cahill own goal put City 1-0 up just before half-time in the day’s early kick-off, but Diego Costa, Willian and Eden Hazard struck to give Antonio Conte’s men a precious three points.

It was more or less the perfect away performance from Chelsea, and Guardiola praised their ability to stifle his players and take chances of their own, via BBC Sport:

Congratulations to Chelsea—they won. We played really good, had a lot of control and created chances. But the ball in the box was not strong enough. Chelsea’s approach was really different but that is part of the game. You don’t expect Chelsea to create 25 chances. They created three and scored three.

Seeing his side concede three times isn’t something Guardiola is used to, as Squawka Football revealed Chelsea are the first team to notch three against City under the Spaniard’s reign:

Chelsea are the first Premier League team to score 3 goals against Pep Guardiola’s Man City side.Job done. pic.twitter.com/92VcFFq88Q

— Squawka Football …

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