Pep plans a penalty session and reveals why the city is "stronger"

Pep Guardiola has vowed to shoot on goal after the shootout revealed an unexpected weakness in the Manchester City armory at the Premier League Asia Trophy.

Raheem Sterling scored 12 yards in normal play and City players saw three penalties saved as they were beaten by the Wolves during a shootout in Shanghai.

Ilkay Gundogan, David Silva and Lukas Nmecha failed to defeat Rui Patricio. The Wolves won 3-2 to win the trophy during a poor quality shootout at Hongkou Stadium.

After scoring almost all before winning a national hat-trick last season, it looks like the Premier League champions have at least one area to improve.

The city director, Guardiola, said: "We did not expect that. I see my players take a penalty and I'm always looking forward to scoring but I have to train. We will train to be better takers next time. "

That said, defeat in hot and humid conditions unknown after a week of hardship was hardly a setback for City.

There were positive aspects, especially in Kevin De Bruyne 's first – period performance, which looked very in touch as he tried to put aside the frustrations related to the injuries of the day. past year.

"He was top," Guardiola said. "Unfortunately, last season we missed him a lot. We did incredibly well without him, but we're stronger with him.

"Last season, he had no holidays but he had more time to rest and he came back as he had done two seasons ago.

"I hope he can keep his level. He is incredibly positive in his spirit and his quality speaks for itself. He made an incredible first period, really good.

Before the match, Guardiola discussed The city is looking for a central defender and how will the identity of their new skipper be decided.