Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has defended his coaching methods after their thrashing at champions Leicester City.
Guardiola and his players were rocked by Claudio Ranieri's Leicester who revived memories of last season's championship by scoring twice in the opening five minutes and going 3-0 up after 20.
The Foxes eventually won 4-2 and Guardiola insisted afterwards: "The second ball is a concept. It's typical here in England when they use a lot of tackles. I am not a coach for the tackles. I don't train for tackles.
"What I want is to try to play well and score goals. What are tackles?
"You have to win the duels, that is true. But normally when you play good, you win a lot of tackles.
"After four minutes, the score was 2-0 down and the mind of the players is: 'What is going on? What happened.' It is not easy for them.
"It is another aspect of football but at the end you are not going to win or lose because of the tackles (statistics)."