You have to suffer — Guardiola hails 'incredible' Man City players after hard-fought win

Manchester City snapped a two-game losing streak by defeating Brighton 2-1 at the Etihad Stadium thanks to goals from Julian Alvarez and Erling Haaland.

The win took them to the top of the PL table, where they will stay until Sunday when Tottenham travel to Fulham.

Speaking to BBC, Guardiola admitted his team suffered to get the win.

“I would say that Brighton make it difficult for all the teams, not just us. You cannot control Brighton for 90 minutes, especially when Ansu Fati came in and [Kaoru] Mitoma moved more inside,” Guardiola added.

 “Obviously you have to suffer against Brighton, but we managed them and we broke the two defeats in a row.”