John Stones in Manchester, the central defender of John Stones, apologized to the traveling fans of his club after being forced to watch the defending champion from Arsenal 5-1 on Sunday afternoon.
The Gunners went through Martin Odegaard early and narrowly wasted the chance to drive 2-0 shortly afterwards. City had her own chances in the first half and, thanks to an Erling -Haaland head, was a level within ten minutes after the restart.
However, parity hardly lasted a minute before Thomas Parties had distracted stones and beyond Stefan Ortega. Then the city collapsed and could not prevent Myles Lewis-Skelly, Kai Havertz and Ethan Nwaneri.
“It’s difficult,” said a visibly dilapidated stones Sky Sport Nachlay. “We don’t take well lost, it is difficult for me to put into words. Our pride is hurt. We are sorry for the fans who have come in the last 30 minutes. It was not acceptable.
“As a collective, it is not us – it’s not nice to be involved.”
This season City has now granted 35 goals from the Premier League – more than they sent throughout the last term and damn it once more than their black competitors Manchester United.
Stones described City’s dressing room after the last whistle on Sunday as a “emotional place”. “We have stopped doing what we should do. To admit the goals and allow them to have so much ball, is frustrating when we are normally so dominant.”
Pep Guardiola supported his player’s strong comments. “I agree with stones,” admitted the city boss. “We are not used to it. Other results, this team has grown up [with]. We allowed the space we wanted to avoid, the space between the lines, so we have the feeling at home. “
Guardiola argued that his site was “really good” for the opening hour, but admitted: “We were found out in the last 20 minutes.”
Stones concluded his interview with a last message to the followers of City: “For our fans who went through the good and bad times, we have to do it well again.”