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Manchester City boss, Pep Guardiola, has urged his players to prove their critics wrong as they came from behind to secure a 2-1 victory at Luton Town on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Luton scored with an Elijah Adebayo header on the stroke of halftime, but City fought back with two goals three minutes apart from Bernardo Silva and Jack Grealish to return to four points behind Premier League leaders Liverpool.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey don\u2019t need to prove to me what they are capable of,\u201d Guardiola said in a post-match news conference. \u201cThis is an extraordinary group of players and characters. But the competition and demand is to prove it again.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn general, it is normal. \u2018Yeah City is not the same, City is over.\u2019 That\u2019s nice. Let them prove them wrong. We want to compete, I want to be there. It\u2019s so nice. I said before, we need that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jack Grealish\u2019s goal saw Manchester City come back from a goal down to take all three points at Luton Town.<\/p>\n
The result meant City snapped a four-game winless streak that threatened to derail their season as the reigning treble winners chase an unprecedented fourth consecutive Premier League title.<\/p>\n
An upset seemed possible at halftime when City found themselves a goal down despite a dominant, if unthreatening, first-half performance, and Guardiola revealed how he motivated his side in the dressing room.<\/p>\n
\u201cI said to them, \u2018What do we have to do? Feel sorry for ourselves? We don\u2019t have to feel sorry for ourselves. It\u2019s football. This happens,\u201d Guardiola said.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow what do we have to do? Play the game? Complain to ourselves? Strikers, be more aggressive, score goals. Let\u2019s better defend the cross in the last minute and be positive. We have to demand more from ourselves.<\/p>\n
\u201cBig characters and big teams \u2014 like this team is \u2014 that defines a team. When we won games 4-0, win 15, 16, 17, 18 games in a row, that doesn\u2019t define who we really are.\u201d<\/p>\n
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