When a coach fails to earn 3 points and only gets 1, isn't there no other reason apar from say that they are happy to get 1 point?
Manchester City was able to dominate the match from the beginning of the match, even compared to Intermilan they had many chances that should have been converted into goals in the match, but Yann Sommer and also the solid Intermilan defense was one of the factors that made Manchester City lose full points in the match, I think so far Guardiola has managed to break the record as the only coach who is able to win the league trophy England 3 times in a row so he should must thought more about breaking the record held by Ancelotti in the UCL at this time, when every previous big team compete with tight in the domestic league just to end the season qualifying for the Champions League zone.,Then how can you say that winning league games is more important than in the Champions League?
No doubt that every title is important and since Pep has won the league title more than he has done the champions league, he'd opt for winning it more but then, you'd agree that it's more easier for them in the league since they play these opponents all season long than those opponents in the champions league that they meet once or twice in a year. Besides, it was Pep Guardiola that attested that winning the league is more better than the champions league.
The match against Arsenal will be a crucial match indeed for Manchester City in the Premier League, but I think they are more favored in that the match because the Arsenal squad is currently limping
It will indeed be crucial as both sides would be looking to best the other and as for city who didn't win the Gunners last season, they will try to reinforce to ensure they don't repeat the same mistakes and for the Gunners, I think Arteta is getting better at hitting Guardiola where it hurts the most.
I'm not bothered about the absence of the likes Martin Odegarrd or Declan Rice (the latter being likely to start for the Gunners since he's served his one match ban) because they've got Nathan Ake out too for injury and KDB may also be absent so it's not going to be much of a challenge.