MANCHESTER -- Pep Guardiola insisted he wasn't frustrated despite Manchester City failing to beat Everton in a game they dominated at the Etihad.
City had 72 percent possession and 19 attempts but, despite their domination, they could only claim a 1-1 draw with Ronald Koeman's side.
Crucially they missed two penalties with Kevin De Bruyne and Sergio Aguero having their spot-kicks saved by Maarten Stekelenburg, who also made an incredible one-handed stop from De Bruyne's long-range strike.
City were caught on the counter-attack by a Romelu Lukaku goal and needed a 72nd-minute header from Nolito to salvage a point.
"I am not frustrated with the team," Guardiola told a news conference. "When you lose in Tottenham the way you lose, you shake hands and make compliments to Everton for the way they defend.
"I am sad for the players. They deserved to win the game. They did absolutely everything to win it. Football is sometimes beautiful. We made absolutely everything. Sometimes you play bad, and you win and then today...
"My team will be judged but never will I change the way I want to play football, it's the only way I have. My teams play the way I want. During that process, there are problems. We improved a lot from what happened in Tottenham and Glasgow.
"We made a good performance. We need to improve on that and keep going."
Aguero missed a penalty for the fourth time this season and a second in a week after his spot kick was saved by by Paraguay goalkeeper Justo Villar in Argentina's 1-0 defeat on Tuesday. But Guardiola said he won't be practising penalties ahead of Wednesday's Champions League game against Barcelona in the Camp Nou.
"I don't have time to practice everything I want to practice," he added. "You can practice penalties but there is no pressure there -- penalties in the crucial moment are penalties.
"When we missed a penalty in the first half, they had to be more open. We found the spaces in the first 30 minutes, we arrived on the byline but no-one was there.
"We created enough chances to win the game. They had one chance -- it was good action from the striker. We did everything. We cannot be too disappointed because we have to travel to Barcelona."