Troy Deeney questions Kyle Walker's motive for Manchester City's shock defeat at Bournemouth

talkSPORT's Troy Deeney offered an alternative explanation to Kyle Walker for Manchester City's shock defeat against Bournemouth.

City They were beaten for the first time in the Premier League this season when the Cherries ran out. Winners 2-1 on Saturday afternoon.

Those of Pep Guardiola. The team has lost its last two games in all competitions and was also beaten 2-1 by Tottenham in the Carabao Cup during the week.

Speaking to talkSPORT afterwards, Walker He was asked why he did not show the necessary intensity throughout the game and not in the last ten minutes in which he scored.

“Fatigue could be a big part of the intense game we played the other night (against the Spurs),” he said.

“To then travel to London, travel here, a short recovery, short training sessions, a few hiccups here and there, people coming back who haven't come back, but it's not an excuse.

“We're not making excuses, we deal with what we've been given and that's how the cookie crumbles, we're not making this as an excuse, we know we could have done better, we should have.” Better but full credit to Bournemouth“.

However, while Deeney could see where the City captain was coming from, he believes the problem was his mentality and not fatigue.

“I can understand it, I can take it as it is. I don't think that's the case, because Erling Haaland was very poor today, he didn't play (against Spurs), he was laughing and joking on the bench,” Deeney said immediately after the broadcast. Walker interview.

“It seemed to me more than tiredness, it was more a question of mentality. Now listen, we can't crucify them, they have lost a game, they are Manchester City, they will come back and they will be really good.

“But I think in this singular game, they were poor and mentally, Bournemouth wanted it from the start of the game. “They thought they were going to turn up, be Man City, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, and then they would score.

“Unfortunately for them, Bournemouth had better ideas and it was a lot… he says they got caught on the counter-attack.

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“They got caught about 16 times on the break, they should have been up four or five. So I understand where he's coming from and I don't disagree with everything.”

City manager Guardiola also spoke to talkSPORT moments later and gave his reasoning for the defeat, saying: “We couldn't match the intensity they put into the game.

“Obviously they are a very strong team, physical, good plan. They beat Arsenal, they tied Aston Villa… Our preparation was not good, it was not fluid, but in the end we have to accept it and learn.” from this.”

Asked if, as Walker suggested, it would have been a different story if City had shown the same intensity in the first 80 minutes as they had in the last ten, Guardiola replied: “Yes, definitely.

“But with their openness it may not be possible. Football is an emotion in the moment, we score the first goal, we have nothing to lose and they are a little more afraid.

“You know, these kinds of things happen. Normally we're very good at it, but in a lot of games, sometimes the (other) team is better.”

Guardiola later added: “They had seven days to recover (from their last match) and we only had two days to recover. In the situation we are in now, we are fighting for that.”

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City's defeat meant they blew the chance to move eight points clear of Premier League title rivals Arsenal, who lost 1-0 to Newcastle earlier on Saturday.

Instead, it was Liverpool who took advantage of the Gunners' defeat by coming from behind to beat Brighton 2-1 and go top of the table.

They are two points ahead of City after ten games of the season and six ahead of Arsenal.