Ruben Dias claimed that the city city was too dry during the defeat of Manchester City in Nottingham Forest.
The winner of Callum Hudson-Odoi sent the city to a ninth Premier League defeat of the season during their continuous fight to qualify for the Champions League.
Dias insisted that the champions had checked the game while admitting that the side of Pep Guardiola did not move the ball quickly enough – which put it on the condition of the surface.
“With the field dry, things make things a bit harder,” Dias said. “It was [the same] Last season and also in Fulham. It also depends on the weather and goodwill of everyone to make the game quickly. '
Kyle Walker held similar complaints during last year's competition, where he filed a complaint with the competition manager on the day, while there is no suggestion that Forest did something wrong.
Dias called for strong leaders in the dressing room of the city while entering the last 10 games of the campaign.
“I felt that the team was strong,” he added. 'Then all the small extras – not admitted, who do better at certain times, try to move the ball faster. All these details count.
'It is clear that if you come out of a circumstance when you are used to winning and fighting everything to the end, then it is not easy to take when things are
now.'But it is our challenge and now to fight for this top four is our final of the Champions League, it is our extraction of the Premier League for this season.
'It is all, from the competitive mentality, everything to ensure that every detail is treated. That is the way you will certainly win. It is how we have won before and how we should fight. '
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