Pep admits: City’s great run will end

Pep Guardiola was delighted after watching his Manchester City side beat Huddersfield 2-1 to extend their winning streak to 18 games yesterday.

But he knows the run will not last forever.

Raheem Sterling (pictured) claimed a late winner as City came from behind to restore their eightpoint Premier League lead after Sergio Aguero’s penalty cancelled out Nicolas Otamendi’s first-half own goal.

City have now won their last 11 Premier League matches and 18 in all competitions, but, with a tough festive schedule on the horizon, Guardiola expects the winning run to come to an end at some stage.

But the City boss was delighted with his side’s response to falling behind against David Wagner’s hard-working Terriers.

He said: “If you want to win the title you can not expect easy games, so we have to live these kinds of situations and we spoke about at half-time how we are going to react in that situation. I am so happy for the victory.

“We are going to lose. That is going to happen – definitely. Today was so close – it’s going to happen.

“When you play every few days, when you see the scheduling – December, January – we go to Donetsk to play in the Champions League. It’s impossible.

“The 18 games in a row is amazing and we have 11 in the Premier League in a row so that’s good. We have a good moment and with the spirit we can go further.

“I am pleased because I know our fans are so happy because they see their players fighting until the end.”

Soon after the break, Sterling appealed for penalties after challenges by Jonas Lossl and Scott Malone. The second was given and Aguero stroked into the bottom corner.

Town boss Wagner said: “The players left everything on the grass, they’ve shown passion, desire and they showed emotion as well.

“Of course we were a little bit unlucky because we conceded the penalty very early after half-time and I think the second goal was a little bit unlucky as well.”