Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola has said Southampton were the better team following their 2-0 defeat at St Marys in the Carabao Cup.
Sekou Mara and Moussa Djenepo scored for the Saints as they dumped the Premier League champions out on Wednesday night.
Guardiola named a much changed starting XI for the clash, but quickly introduced Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland in the second half.
However, the arrival of the big names did not save City from a shock defeat to the bottom team in the league.
“The better team won. We didn’t play good, we didn’t play well in the beginning.
“There are many games you can start not good and overcome and we didn’t do it,” Guardiola told 5Live.
He added: “Today was a bad night, the opponent was better so we have to congratulate them. To win games you have to deserve it and tonight we didn’t deserve it.”
Guardiola now has to prepare his men for Saturday’s Manchester Derby at Old Trafford.
