Pep Guardiola, Manchester City manager, has commended his team for dealing with Leeds’ pressing and aggression, as they defeated them 1-0 at Elland Road on Saturday.
Leeds began the match with high intensity, but missed a couple of good chances to take the lead.
Manchester City eventually grabbed the winner moments before half time through Antoine Semenyo.
The result takes City to within two points of Arsenal at the top of the Premier League.
According to Guardiola “Top apart from the first 10 to 15 minutes here. But it’s like that every game here at Leeds. They are so aggressive in duels, but after we made a lot of thousand, million passes. It still works in football.
We controlled the transitions and everything. It was a huge success to still be there.
“Bernardo and Rodri did really well. They made a lot of passes. We didn’t find the balls behind a little bit, we had to look more. They made an exceptional effort.”
