Pep Guardiola said that Manchester City “cannot handle” playing good teams after their loss to Liverpool, and goalkeeper Stefan Ortega criticized the city where their title dreams fell apart.

With goals from Cody Gakpo and Mohamed Salah, Liverpool moved nine points ahead of City at the top of the table. Guardiola lost his fourth straight league game, which was the first time that had happened.

Liverpool fans shouted that he would be fired “in the morning.” In response, he made a funny face and raised six fingers to show how many Premier League titles he has won.

He said, “Teams are good, and we can’t handle it right now.” “What do I say?” They’ve given me the chance to live some of the best years of my life. I can only stay here and try to figure something out.

“The club will decide at the right time what needs to be done so that this club can stay there.”

“I didn’t think that people at Anfield would start chanting that I would be fired.” Maybe I did deserve to be fired! Based on how we’ve done, I may still have my job, since I’ve won six Premier Leagues and many other titles.

“I didn’t expect it at Anfield, but it’s okay.” It’s how the game is played. You laugh when you win. People laugh when you lose. There have been amazing fights. The time I spent with Jurgen Klopp will never be forgotten, and the games against Liverpool will always be remembered.

“Even though they won the leagues by a small margin, their teams were amazing. Luckily, we were mentally tough and resilient at our best, which helped us do something amazing.” But it will be very hard to do again this season. I’m sure we’ll all think about it and try to do well with our fans at the Etihad on Wednesday against Nottingham Forest.

When asked about the chants, German goalie Ortega, who came in for the injured Ederson, said, “Someone told me before that this area (Liverpool) is probably not the best part of the UK.”

“Yes, I think the manager handled the chants really well.”

Ortega gave away the penalty, which Salah made.

to seal the win for Liverpool and cap a great week that also saw them beat Real Madrid in the Champions League.

Before the last Goodison Park Merseyside game on Saturday, they have just over 72 hours to rest and prepare for a tough trip to Newcastle on Wednesday night.

City plays home to Forest on Friday and then goes to Crystal Palace on Saturday. They are 11 points behind Liverpool and their title defense is already in serious danger.

Guardiola also said, “The season is long, and we need to try to win.” We’re going to fight for a lot of things.