Troy Deeney questions Kyle Walker’s reasons for Manchester City’s shock defeat to Bournemouth

talkSPORT’s Troy Deeney has offered an alternative explanation to Kyle Walker for Manchester City’s shock defeat to Bournemouth.

City suffered their first Premier League defeat this season as the Cherries ran out 2-1 winners on Saturday afternoon.

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Pep Guardiola’s side have lost their last two games in all competitions and were also beaten 2-1 by Tottenham in the League Cup this week.

Speaking to talkSPORT afterwards, Walker was asked why they didn’t show the required intensity throughout the match rather than in the final ten minutes when they scored.

“Fatigue from the intense game we played last night (against Spurs) may have a lot to do with it,” he said.

“Then the trip to London, the trip here, a short recovery, short training, a few troubles here and there, bringing back people who never came back, but that’s no excuse.

“We don’t make excuses, we deal with what we’ve been given and that’s how the cookie crumbles, we don’t make excuses, we know we could have done better, we should have done better, but it’s all the credit to Bournemouth.”

However, while Deeney could see where the City captain was coming from, he believes the problem was their mentality rather than fatigue.

“I can understand it, I can accept it for what it is. “I don’t think that’s the case because Erling Haaland was very bad today, he didn’t play (against Spurs), he was laughing and joking on the pitch.” bench,” Deeney said immediately after Walker’s interview aired.

“I thought it was more than fatigue, it was more of a mentality (problem). Look, we can’t crucify them, they lost one game, they are Manchester City, they will come again and be really good.

“But I just think they were poor in this unique game and psychologically Bournemouth wanted it from the start of the game. then they will score.

“Unfortunately for them, Bournemouth had better ideas and it was much…he says they caught them on the counter-attack.

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“They caught them about 16 times in counterattacks, there should have been four or five of them. So, I understand where he’s coming from, and I don’t disagree with everything.”

City boss Guardiola also spoke to talkSPORT minutes later and explained the reason for the defeat, saying: “We couldn’t match the intensity they brought into the game.

“Obviously this is such a strong team, physical shape, good plan. They beat Arsenal, Aston Villa, who they came so close to… Our formation wasn’t good, it wasn’t fluid, but at the end you have to accept it and learn. from this.”

When asked whether, as Walker suggested, it would have been a different story if City had shown the same intensity in the first 80 minutes as they did in the final ten minutes, Guardiola replied: “Yes, definitely.

“But with their debut, it may not be possible. Football is an emotion in the moment, we score the first goal, we have nothing to lose and they are a little more scared.”

“You know, these things happen. We’re usually good at it, but in a lot of games sometimes (the other) team is better.”

Guardiola later added: “They had seven days to recover (from the last game) and we only had two days to recover. In the situation we are in now, we are struggling with it.”

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City’s defeat meant they missed the chance to move eight points clear of Premier League title rivals Arsenal, who lost 1-0 to Newcastle earlier on Saturday.

Instead, it was Liverpool who took advantage of the Gunners’ defeat as they came from behind to beat Brighton 2-1 to top the table.

They are two points ahead of City after ten games of the season and six ahead of Arsenal.