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Pep Guardiola admits 'horrible' tactics nearly cost Manchester City against Arsenal

The Premier League champions are now top of the table on goal difference as second-half goals from Jack Grealish and Erling Haaland sealed the victory at the Emirates Stadium.

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Jamie Carragher tears into 'embarrassing' Man Utd star and tells Erik ten Hag to take him off

Before the resumption of the second-half, Carragher said it's "sad to see" a legend of the game perform like this. He said: "It's sad to see a great player performing like this.

Europa League: How Sarri reacted to Arsenal's win over Napoli

"As usual in the last two months we started very badly in the second half and we need a solution. "I can try without going into the dressing room at half-time if that'll solve the problem. "It's not easy to understand. It is a big problem.

EPL: 'Bad day for Ten Hag' - Gary Neville on Man Utd's 3-0 defeat to Tottenham

It's one of the worst performances I have seen under Ten Hag-and that is saying something. It is really bad. "Brilliant for Tottenham, you have to say that, they were outstanding. The Man Utd fans boo the ref but not even half the story.

Pep Guardiola reveals why Manchester City lost 2-0 to Chelsea

City suffered their first defeat of the season on Saturday with goals from N'golo Kante and David Luiz in each half.

Unai Emery reveals why Arsenal lost 1-0 to Everton

After the negative result after the first half we changed things defensively and it gave us better options for 45 minutes but we could not find a goal.

FA Cup: How Arteta blasted Arsenal players during half time of 1-0 win over Leeds

"In the second half, it was a lot better and thank you, Reiss, for the goal." Arsenal will now take on Bournemouth in the next round after the draws were conducted before yesterday's game.

AFCON 2019: South Africa coach reveals why they lost to Nigeria

"It's hard to lose in the dying minutes of a game but I thought we weren't brave enough in the first half and we didn't defend well enough. "We tried to come out in the second half but we left spaces for Nigeria to exploit.

UCL: It was a narrow escape - Ten Hag speaks on 1-0 win over FC Copenhagen

Few weeks ago we got out of rhythm from the referee's decisions. "A poor first-half, but we stayed calm and in the second-half we stepped up and made more chances than them. It was a narrow escape in the end."

Champions League: Simeone reveals why Atletico lost 1-0 to Man City

"It was a bit better after the break, but City are the best team in the world. They have scored so many goals at home in the recent past. "But this is half-time and let's see how the second game goes in Madrid," Simeone said.

EPL: Guardiola reveals why Man City lost 2-0 to Man Utd

"The second half was good and it was a good performance."

Chelsea vs Liverpool: Lampard reacts to Christensen's red card in 2-0 defeat

Referee Paul Tierney initially awarded a yellow card, but reversed his decision after looking at the pitch-side VAR monitor. Lampard told BBC Sport: "The red card changes the face of the game, the talk I do at half-time.

Champions League: Tuchel explains why Bayern Munich lost to Lazio

Tuchel said Bayern did everything to lose the match after failing to convert their chances in the first half against Lazio. Speaking to the media after the game, Tuchel: "In the first half, we had to take the lead.

EPL: What Harry Maguire said after Man United's 1-0 defeat to Bournemouth

"The quality in the final third wasn't good enough to create a real clear cut chance, then they came into the game at the end of the first-half and it is an awful time to concede just before half-time, it is probably the worst.

EPL table: Liverpool go 8pts clear of Arsenal with 2-2 draw at Aston Villa

However, it was the hosts who were in the lead at half time. Youri Tielemans fired in the equalizer, before Ollie Watkins' header made it 2-1 on the stroke of half time.

Maresca explains why Arsenal beat Chelsea 1-0

He added: "If you think of the three players [Palmer, Jackson, Madueke] with the most goals for us, not one of them was on the pitch today. It's normal that we struggled offensively."

Referee Mark Clattenburg apologizes to Hull City for allowing Alexis' goal stand

"Yeah it was handball," Robertson told Sky Sports after the game. "When we came out at half-time, the referee's apologised to us. He said it was a handball, so he's obviously looked at it at half-time and seen he was in the wrong.