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Pep Guardiola counts these occasions towards his trophy haul at Manchester City. He can see little difference between this and the Spanish Super Cup.
That spoke to the glum faces among his team, the consoling of Nathan Ake after gifting Leicester a decisive late penalty.
City want silverware. Community Shield or Champions League. As he stared at Kasper Schmeichel's trophy lift, Guardiola did however realise there are wider concerns ahead of the title defence.
Pep Guardiola was left disappointed after his Manchester City side missed out on silverware
The whole squad, bar the isolating Aymeric Laporte, are only back together for the first time on Monday. The England and Brazil stars return to training, six days from the opener at Tottenham.
City expect to be undercooked again, just as they were at the start of last season.
A ball has yet to be kicked and Guardiola is already talking about negotiating a way through to next month's international break.
Nine were missing on Saturday, including the injured Kevin De Bruyne and Phil Foden.
Kyle Walker along with Man City's other England stars will return to training on Monday
'A few players get their condition back so quick,' Guardiola said. 'The other ones need a bit more time. We will try to discover which ones are ready immediately.'
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