Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has made a big admission about the FA Cup final loss to cross-town rivals Manchester United.
The Citizens were denied the chance to win back-to-back FA Cups after losing 2-1 to the Red Devils on Saturday evening.
While City chances to win the game, Guardiola admittedly took the blame for the defeat with his tactics.
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"For my decisions, we were not in the right positions to attack them," Guardiola told a news conference, as per ESPN.
"My mistake. My game plan was not good. Tactically, it was not good. I was not good, today.
"You plan a game for different positions but it didn't work," Guardiola said. "Even with that, we arrived two or three times in the final third and byline and made nothing from crosses.
"They made one goal from one shot and the goal from Mainoo and no more than that. Always, when we play against United we have the control and we created in the second half but we were not able to do it.
"The second half was much, much better. We were more intense, in part because we were 2-0 down and had nothing to lose. It was a tight game."
City players were spotted partying earlier this week after winning the Premier League, but Guardiola insists that had nothing to do with the performance.
"No, completely the opposite," he said. "They were completely focused and how they reacted was so good.
"Congratulations to Manchester United for winning the FA Cup. I think my game plan was not good."
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