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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Nathan Ridley

Pep Guardiola sends title message to Liverpool after win on "high grass" at Burnley

Pep Guardiola has criticised Burnley 's pitch after Manchester City won 2-0 at Turf Moor to move top of the Premier League table.

Liverpool briefly usurped the Citizens on Saturday afternoon following their 2-0 win at home to Watford, but the champions reclaimed top spot thanks to goals from Kevin De Bruyne and Ilkay Gundogan. Post-match, Guardiola pointed out the "difficult" playing surface and sent a message to their title rivals.

"We're many years playing in these types of games. We scored early on so that helped us a lot. But the game is never finished until you score the third or fourth," the City boss told Premier League Productions. "The pitch was so difficult because the grass was high, no water and everything was so slow. But we did well and won the game.

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