Pep Guardiola felt his Premier League champions were destined to struggle on the south coast regardless of the team he picked.
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola stated that his side deserve to lose against Southampton in the Carabao cup last night.
The Etihad side fell to their feet in the first half of the game and were unable to do a come back after conceding 2 goals to led to their crashing out of the tournament.
Speaking after the game Guardiola said: “Who knows whether with Kevin and Erling it would have been different? I don’t know it.
“We tried to do our best and we rotate the team when we played against Chelsea after the Premier League and it’s good.
“I understand how this business works. Always we try to have everybody involved and everybody has to do it but today was not the case.
“I had the feeling today it doesn’t matter what line-up I am selecting, we are performing this way. Don’t ask me why. This is my experience.
“It doesn’t matter today the line-up we choose, it would happen because we were not here. And that’s why when this happen, they deserve it.”
