City looked on course to keep pace with Arsenal at the top of the Premier League after cruising into a 2-0 half-time lead at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. But a spirited second-half fightback from Spurs saw them drop yet more points in the title race on Sunday afternoon.
City have now won just one of their last six league games, but Guardiola has not lost hope of catching Arsenal in the season run-in. Speaking after his side’s 2-2 draw with Spurs, Guardiola said that with 14 games to go, there remains every chance of City keeping pace in the title race.
"It's a setback, but we are still there,” he told BBC Sport. “There are still 14 games to go, and those points available."
"I know that these types of games always in the past you had to capitalise and win but yeah, the difficulties for many things, but players are coming back and I saw incredibly good spirit and many things.
“The momentum in the Premier League, when you concede a goal it happens and especially when you cannot control it. That will be the lesson and that will make us stronger and better players in the future."
Asked about the decision, Guardiola said if the roles had been reversed and it had been a defender catching a striker's trailing leg, the referee would have awarded a foul.
Guardiola said: "If a central defender does it to a striker it's a penalty. After that in the second half for 10-15 minutes they had the control but the moment they started to put one more player there and win one or two second balls and after that they created the momentum and then after the goal they had 10 or 15 minutes, but we kept going."