Pep Guardiola is satisfied with Manchester City's start to the season, despite falling to a frustrating 2-1 loss to Brentford on Saturday.
A sub-par City were turned over by a brilliant Brentford performance, with an Ivan Toney goal in the eighth minute of injury time sending City into the World Cup break with the bitter taste of defeat. City had drawn themselves level in first-half stoppage time when Phil Foden rifled into the top corner, but in the second half they could not find a way through a stubborn Brentford defence and were punished with a late counter-attack.
City's second league defeat of the season leaves them with 32 points from 14 games, second place in the standings and two points behind league leaders Arsenal. However, with Mikel Arteta's side set to play Wolves on Saturday evening, the gap could yet grow to five points.
