On City’s first two goals – moments of quality from Erling Haaland and Phil Foden, against the general run of play – Glasner noted: “When you watch it back you can always avoid it, but the first goal was a cross, and Haaland’s movement and then a great header. Could we avoid the cross? Yes, I think.
“But I think we have to accept that they get two finishes in 45 minutes. When you see all the players they have on the pitch, then it’s not so easy, so I think we did a great job in our defence, the whole team with how they defended.
“And on the other side it was not just standing around the box and defending. It’s always creating your own moments. We had many of them, hitting the post with Yeremy [Pino] and Isma [Sarr] in front of the keeper, and JP [Mateta] at the end.
“Second-half was the same. Second goal, we lost the ball and then you can see how quick it goes. [Rayan] Cherki can solve the situation and finds Foden. And then it’s a very clinical strike from the edge of the box.
“So Adam [Wharton] wins the ball back, fantastic counter-press, has a great finish as well, but it hits the post on the outside. These are the small margins that decide games when you play teams like City.
“But for me it felt that in this game today we were most competitive compared to all the other games.”