LONDON: Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said his side didn’t create enough chances after the runaway leaders were defeated 2-1 by 10-man Leeds at the Premier League on Saturday.
“We did not create enough for the forwards. It is part of the game,” said Guardiola. “When they defend in the way they were you have to stop them running and we did not do that.”
City are counting down to their third title in four seasons, but Stuart Dallas’s stoppage-time strike leaves them still needing 11 points from their last six games to clinch the crown.
Just a fourth league defeat of the season for the leaders came after Guardiola made seven changes following their midweek Champions League quarter-final first-leg win over Borussia Dortmund.
Kevin De Bruyne was on the bench at the Etihad, and City were below their best.
Leeds took the lead three minutes before half-time when Dallas took Patrick Bamford’s lay-off on the edge of the area and hit a firm low shot that left Ederson rooted to the spot as it rebounded in off the post.
Moments later, Leeds defender Liam Cooper was dismissed for a foul on Gabriel Jesus.
Referee Andre Marriner initially booked Cooper after he caught the Brazilian on the knee, but changed his decision to a red card after reviewing the incident on the pitchside monitor.
City equalised in the 76th minute when Bernardo Silva flicked the ball into the path of Ferran Torres and the Spaniard clipped his shot past Illan Meslier.
But in the first minute of stoppage time, Dallas raced onto a fine through ball from Ezgjan Alioski and guided a cool finish past Ederson.
