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'Good, congratulations'- Pep Guardiola's sarcastic response to Mauricio Pochettino's claim that Chelsea could have beaten Man City

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City and Chelsea<a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/man-city-player-ratings-vs-chelsea-erling-haaland-rodri/bltaf7f69ac183450c3" target="_blank"> battled to a 1-1 draw at the Etihad Stadium,</a> with Raheem Sterling and Rodri scoring for their respective teams in a tense Premier League encounter. After the match, Pochettino <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/mauricio-pochettino-praises-chelsea-draw-with-man-city/blt1fc04653b54fa1f2" target="_blank">expressed his satisfaction with Chelsea's performance</a> and commended his team's spirit and resilience against the reigning champions. He even suggested that City are the best team in the world before once again lavishing praise on his defenders who kept Erling Haaland &amp; Co. in check.

WHAT HAPPENED?

"I’m so pleased. I told the players I feel so proud," said Pochettino. "In the last three games we’ve started to create a very good spirit. That’s the way we want to build our team. Today was a very good opportunity to show we’re going where we want... In the second half they force you to go deep, but we created chances to score the second goal and things could have been different. It’s important that the players realise that football is really competitive and to reach the level we want, we need to suffer."He added: "But I think we sustained the effort and we created chances that we should score and win the game. I am so happy."

WHAT POCHETTINO SAID

However, when Pochettino's comments were brought to Guardiola's attention, the City manager responded with a touch of sarcasm."Good, congratulations," Guardiola told BBC Match of the Day. "If he believes that, that is good for his team."Despite the dig, Guardiola acknowledged Chelsea's challenge but <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/pep-guardiola-barcelona-advice-misfiring-erling-haaland-man-city-chelsea-draw/bltf77528ebbabfd843" target="_blank">also praised his team's second-half performance.</a>"We knew it [Chelsea would be a challenge]," Guardiola added. "That was a good game. We played incredible in the second half. The first half was not our levels but to compete against them teams you have to play 90 minutes not just one half."

HOW DID GUARDIOLA RESPOND

After sharing the <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/furious-erling-haaland-shoves-camera-tears-performance-chelsea-man-city-ten-shots/bltc7c9de6a41418b6a" target="_blank">spoils with Chelsea</a>, City cannot overtake Liverpool even with their game in hand against Brentford on Tuesday. The Reds <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/liverpool-player-ratings-vs-brentford-mohamed-salah-diogo-jota-curtis-jones/blt10c5f9a7375db23b" target="_blank">emerged 4-1 triumphant against the Bees</a> before City took the pitch and will head into Matchday 26 as the leaders of England.

WHAT NEXT?

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Pep Guardiola responded with a sarcastic dig to Mauricio Pochettino&apos;s claims that Chelsea could have beaten Manchester City.

&apos;Good, congratulations&apos;- Pep Guardiola&apos;s sarcastic response to Mauricio Pochettino&apos;s claim that Chelsea could have beaten Man City