Pep Guardiola proved Jurgen Klopp was right all along after Arsenal comments

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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola confessed his squad were "incredibly tired" following their 1-1 stalemate with Arsenal in the Premier League.

Guardiola also voiced similar worries to those previously expressed by ex-Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp, who had slammed the Club World Cup tournament during the summer months.

Guardiola highlighted exhaustion as a factor behind City's display against Arsenal, following a hectic summer which saw them participate in the FIFA Club World Cup, reports the Mirror.



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Having witnessed City held to a stalemate with Arsenal, Guardiola revealed why the gruelling fixture list impacted his team's performance standards.

"We cannot make an excuse without what happened this week, a tough game against [Manchester] United, Champions League Thursday [vs Napoli] and today against a team like this, so powerful," said Guardiola in an interview with Sky Sports.

"Hats off to the team, their resilience, it's so difficult when you're not affecting the high pressure, the build-up, it's already so tough to do it."

City have managed to collect just eight points from their five Premier League fixtures this campaign.

"People don't realise, the game against Napoli was so emotional after that a recovery day then it's four or five hours to arrive in London, it's more fatigue and everything.

"A team like Arsenal, who fought in the last two Premier Leagues, Champions League semi-final, not just Man City invest money they did it as well but we were there.

"We have to be strong and you have to have mentality, we have that

"In the end, it's all about the game and not the surrounding aspects - and that's why the Club World Cup is the worst idea ever implemented in football in this regard," Klopp told Welt earlier in the summer.

"People who have never had anything to do with day-to-day business or who no longer have anything to do with it come up with something

Last year we had the Copa America and European Championship, this year the Club World Cup and next year the World Cup.

"This means no real recovery for the players who are there, neither physically nor mentally