Pep Guardiola says that Man City players haven't suffered any drop in confidence

Manchester City manr Pep Guardiola said that players are in right frame of mind and that re is issue related to ir confidence. comments come after defending Champions' 2-2 draw against Newcastle United. draw meant that gap between City and Liverpool increased to 11 points.

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' confidence lost'

After match Guardiola was asked about confidence in team and wher it was an issue. He said, ". You have to see how players run, how far, how y try and body langu. We never give up. team is always re, that is my feeling. You [ media] analyse result. Of course, it’s t good for us. It’s good for Newcastle. I kw it doesn’t count but I have to analyse performance. performance was good.”

Guardiola believed that his side played well, and cited stats. He said, "My opinion is that we played good. We played good with ball, we were solid and we conceded few counter attacks, but football is how many goals you score and how you don’t concede. [I] accept that. Sometimes it happens. We had a good build up, we attacked inside a lot and we found a lot of . Today, after 1-2, it was difficult. It was last season and this season as well. y have taken results against Tottenham and Manchester United. What can we say of team? Create more than opponent and concede few. That’s happened. After that, we try to improve our clinical position and to defend as well as possible.”

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 Spaniard was also asked about wher he was thinking about probabilities and possibilities of Manchester City overturning Liverpool to win league. He said, "I am t thinking about how many games we have to [win on ] run. We try to win next one. Last season, when we were here, we were t talking about Premier League and how many games we had to win. It’s t about that. w we recover, prepare and try to win at Burnley. That is what we have to do and after for derby to make se steps."

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(With inputs from ncies)