An outwardly sanguine Pep Guardiola suggested he was reasonably content with a hard-fought point at Sunderland after watching his Manchester City side lose ground on Arsenal at the top of the Premier League.
The 0-0 draw at the Stadium of Light leaves City second, four points behind Mikel Arteta’s leaders, but Guardiola was not too downhearted. “I’ll take the point against this team at this stadium,” said a good-humoured Guardiola, who seemed unaffected by reports that Enzo Maresca, once his assistant at the Etihad Stadium, had discussed the possibility of relocating to Manchester later this year with figures associated with City. “It was a really good game.”
