"No. We didn't read the spaces where they were. With the spaces in attack it depends on how they defend it and we didn't read it."
"That is the reason why the game was boring. The only good news is we go through. That's all."
"It would be nice for me to say mentally we're exhausted, we're tired, it has been a tough two or three weeks for many reasons, Guardiola said. But it's our job. The calendar says to play every few days. We just didn't read where the spaces were and everything was flat and slow and not good."
Manchester City beat Salford City 2-0 at the Etihad to reach the FA Cup fifth round after an early Salford own goal and a late Marc Guéhi strike. Pep Guardiola rotated his squad heavily, making nine changes, and criticized the team’s inability to find and exploit attacking spaces, calling the display boring and flat. Guardiola rejected tiredness as an excuse despite a congested schedule and plans to give players a few days off. John Stones returned from a thigh injury and played 65 minutes, while Salford now refocus on their League Two promotion challenge.
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