"Our resilience was fantastic, otherwise we couldn't survive, he said. Last season we lost 5-1; today we were close. It's by far one of the best teams in Europe. I would prefer to play another way, but when we play a lot of games in 10 years [as City manager], the teams defend deep, deep, deep and take a result of fantastic performance, mindset, strategy and the other one."
"Sometimes it happens. You have to defend, honestly. It's because the opponent is better. When you have to accept it, you have to survive in that way. And we did it."
"One time in 10 years is not bad, right? I have to prove myself against another strategy. Now I am a transition team."
Pep Guardiola acknowledged that Manchester City had to adopt a defensive, low-possession approach against Arsenal and praised his side's resilience after a late equaliser. Erling Haaland scored early, but Gabriel Martinelli produced a brilliant lob in the third minute of stoppage time to level the match. City managed just 32.8% possession, the lowest under Guardiola in a top-flight game, and spent much of the contest defending deep. Mikel Arteta became the first manager to remain unbeaten in five consecutive league matches against Guardiola. Arteta defended his selection decisions and noted service to Viktor Gyokeres needs improvement.
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