Celtic claimed their first Champions League Group C point as Pep Guardiola’s perfect record in charge of Manchester City was ended with a draw 3-3 in Glasgow.
The hosts led twice in the first half, Moussa Dembele diverting in Erik Sviatchenko’s header and Kieran Tierney forcing an own goal by Raheem Sterling.
Fernandinho’s strike brought City level first time and Sterling showed composure to net the visitors’ second.
The Spanish manager won each of his first 10 matches in charge at City without trailing for a minute before the draw with Celtic. Brendan Rodgers’ team took them into frontiers previously unvisited. However, Guardiola appeared unconcerned by that.
Brendan Rodgers’ team took them into frontiers previously unvisited. However, Guardiola appeared unconcerned by that.
“I’m pretty sure the players know we are not going to win every game,” he said before suggesting his current club have a significant distance to travel and plenty to learn if they are to achieve their ultimate prize within that three-year timeline.
“Manchester City don’t have the history in Europe,” Guardiola said. “We have to create it, build up, and maybe this is a good lesson for our future.”
“It was maybe a good lesson for us, how important it is to start well. It is not easy to recover one goal, imagine two, imagine three.
“It was mentally a shock at the start of each half, to concede a goal after two minutes. In the second half, aside from the first five or 10 minutes, we played well, we created chances.
“They scored three and but didn’t make many more chances, we created enough chances to win the game.”