Manchester City grind it out for all the three point in this needed win against hard to crack Sunderland team.
With former Manchester United Coach, David Moyes on the driving seat of Sunderland Team, Guardiola had to depend on late own goal from McNair to obtain the required victory.
You will be rest assured that the possession will be all on Manchester City but could they really create a clear chance out of it and possibly sink it into the opponent net? This is really not the case as Sunderland stood strong, shutting down the City's frontmen from seeing any clear chances towards goal.
Manchester City took the first lead through penalty kick from Sergio Agüero in the early minutes of the match, 4-minutes into the game.
Sunderland equalized the game through Jermain Defoe in the 71st minutes of the match after a sublime through pass from Rodwell from team play between Januzaj and Borini.
Substitute Paddy McNair handed over the lead and the match three points to Manchester City with a header into his own net, 3minutes 35 seconds into his debut match.
Guardiola, in his post match interview said; "It was tough for everybody and that is why people say the Premier League is tough. We were constant and we deserved the victory.
"All of the new signings were a team so we fight. We spoke many times what we should do like a team - this is just the first step.
"But, of course, for the new people, new manager, new players to start winning helps to believe in what we are doing."
Sunderland coach, David Moyes, in his post match interview; "You couldn't deny that City were the better team because of the players and the football they played but we did everything we could to make their football difficult for them.
"For long periods we did a great job at it, but it is disappointing that we gave away the second goal.
"But I can't be critical of the players because they did a great job defensively and all-round really - just disappointed we didn't get a point."
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