Pep Guardiola, Man coach. City, speaking at the end of the 1-4 defeat to Sporting in Alvalade:
«Bernardo said we are in a black hole? I don't agree with him. We are not in a black hole. We played very well today. We can say that we can't start the second half by conceding goals, that's true, but we had another 40 minutes to come back.
It's mentally difficult to react when we play the first half like we did, with so many goal opportunities and enter the second half 3-1 down. But the players reacted and we had good opportunities again. Football is like that. Life is like that. Sport is like that. Let's not try to make excuses. We are alive in the Champions League and we are going after the classification.
Three defeats in a row. It's true, but I like it. I love him. I want to face him. Life is like that. Maybe what we did in the past is an exception. We lost 4-1, congratulations to Sporting, they deserve the victory, but I know the way we behaved, the way we played and I liked the team.
It's true that we lost balls in simple things, which doesn't usually happen with players of this quality, but we had more chances to score and we could have had another result. We lost, it's true, but the players know they played well. What can we do now? Continue. I don't give up. I’m not giving up at all.”
