Manchester City will not dwell on Leeds defeat
Ferran Torres "sad for the result, but we are still top"
Last updated 11th Apr 2021
Ferran Torres insists Manchester City will not stop to dwell on Saturday's surprise defeat at the hands of 10-man Leeds.
The runaway Premier League leaders experienced a rare loss - just their second in 29 games in all competitions - as Leeds snatched a 2-1 victory at the Etihad Stadium with Stuart Dallas' second goal in injury time.
It was a result which defied the statistics, with City racking up 29 shots to Leeds' two, while the visitors played more than half the game a man down after the sending off of captain Liam Cooper.
Yet while aspects of the game clearly frustrated manager Pep Guardiola - a water bottle was thrown hard at the ground at one point - a thorough inquest is hardly likely. Not only is the result unlikely to deny City a third title in four years, but they have other more pressing matters in their quadruple quest.
Wednesday sees them travel to Germany for the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final against Borussia Dortmund, which is finely poised at 2-1 in the English side's favour.
Winger Torres, who scored City's equaliser against Leeds, said: We are obviously sad for the result but the good thing is we are still on top of the table, close to our objective.
Now we just turn the page and focus on the Champions League game against Dortmund because it doesn't stop. We want to be in the semi-finals of the Champions League.''
Leeds' victory was a landmark first over one of the recognised 'big six' since their promotion back to the top flight.