Pep Guardiola admitted his Manchester City side enjoyed some luck in their 2-1 victory over Swansea City on Sunday.

City dominated the first half and could have scored more than the one goal they had at the break, which came in the 11th minute through Gabriel Jesus.

Paul Clement's Swansea hit back hard in the second half and equalised through Gylfi Sigurdsson in the 81st minute before a lucky injury-time winner from Jesus gave Guardiola's men maximum points at the Etihad.

"We were close to not winning the game," said Guardiola.

"I think over the 90 minutes we deserved to win but the gap between our first half display and our second was too big.

"I remember what happened against Middlesbrough and thought it was going to happen again today, so we were lucky to score in the last minute.

"In general the performance was brilliant, but I want to give credit to Swansea. They didn't allow us to press in the second half and at just 1-0 anything can happen. The performance in general was good and I'm happy with the three points.

"Swansea know exactly what they have to do. They are strong in the box so what they do in terms of compact defending is really impressive. I saw them against Liverpool and I knew it would be tough to attack them.

"The way we played in the first 45 minutes was what I want from my team but the second half it was a bit different and we have to improve on that in future."

The result lifts City into third position on the Premier League table where they sit two points clear of fourth-placed Arsenal, one behind second-placed Tottenham Hotspur and 10 in arrears of runaway leaders Chelsea.