Pep Guardiola acknowledged the challenges ahead for Manchester City after their frustrating draw against Brighton, admitting that securing Champions League qualification ‘will be difficult’. City dropped crucial points in their top-four battle,

Pep Guardiola is still confident Manchester City will finish in the top four and qualify for next season’s Champions League despite another slip-up against Brighton. City had the chance to move back into the top four on Saturday afternoon at home to Brighton.

while Brighton got the better of Nico Gonzalez a couple of times, the first to win a free kick that was put away by Estupinan, and the second when Joao Pedro won a duel with the Spaniard and took it round him, before the visitors won the corner that ended with Abdukodir Khusanov’s own goal.