Pep Guardiola promised that following yet another careless performance on Saturday, Manchester City would regain their defensive focus.
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Erling Haaland and Omar Marmoush gave the home team the lead against Brighton at the Etihad, but they were twice held back and had a chance to lose when Carlos Baleba scored a late goal when unmarked in the area.
More points were lost in a lackluster campaign that has City anxiously watching their rivals in the race to qualify for the Champions League.
With nine games remaining, they are in fifth position, although Newcastle can pass them if they win their game in hand.
Like the goal Nottingham Forest scored last week to condemn City to their ninth league loss, both of the goals let up against Brighton were preventable.
With nine games remaining, Guardiola has already given up more goals than he has in any previous Premier League season thanks to those three goals.
As long as individual errors continue to occur, it doesn’t appear that this will change, reports Manchester Evening News.
Guardiola would place the blame on the lack of “work ethic” rather than specific players, which is reasonable considering how many mistakes players have made this season.
“We have to be stable. We have to concede few goals. This was our secret.
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