Pep Guardiola expects Manchester City to learn from their failure to break down a stubborn Wolves in their pre-season clash in China. The treble winners were beaten on penalties in the Premier League Asia Trophy final after a goalless 90 minutes in Shanghai on Saturday. The City boss is not concerned about the result but does think the game highlighted areas to work on. Asked if the defeat meant anything, Guardiola said: “I don’t think so. If we are going to lose in the future it will not be because we lost on penalties in this competition. “We played incredibly well in the first half. Wolves defended so well and deep and it’s not easy to create chances, but we created and we didn’t concede one counter-attack in that first half and the first 15 minutes of the second. “Everybody, not just the young players, made a good performance. We will learn from that. We realise how difficult everything is and we are satisfied, especially with the way we played.” Not the finish we wanted in China, but it’s been amazing to be here! 💙 We fly out to Hong kong SAR on Sunday! ✈️ 🔵 #mancity pic.twitter.com/8XA0CpkQ55 — Manchester City (@ManCity) July 20, 2019 City begin their 2019-20 campaign against Champions League winners Liverpool in the Community Shield at Wembley on August 4. They have two more friendlies to prepare for that as their pre-season tour of Asia continues next week with games against Kitchee FC in Hong Kong on Wednesday and at Yokohama F Marinos on Saturday. It has been a difficult trip for City so far after their initial flight to China was delayed by two days. Aymeric Laporte feels the Asia Trophy has been good preparation for Manchester City (Martin Rickett/PA) Defender Aymeric Laporte believes the tour will prove a good exercise despite Saturday’s defeat. He said: “We came here to prepare for the season. We have to keep working to be ready, that’s the most important thing. “We made a good job but the result wasn’t good. Obviously it would have been better to win but we keep working. “Hopefully we come back better than when we left. That is what we are here for.” Topics Premier League, Man City Bert Trautmann’s son laments racism blighting modern game Manchester City’s title-winning season in pictures Fernandinho facing scan on knee after going off injured against Manchester United Fernandinho thinks Manchester City showed their desire to retain title Aston Villa pushing hard to sign Manchester City youngster Blades break transfer record again to capture Mousset from Bournemouth Shelvey urges Newcastle fans to give Bruce a chance Manchester City in pole position to land Argentinian teenager – but he’ll join this club on loan first Tottenham look set to finally offload Vincent Janssen – and his destination is surprising Arsenal set to complete €40 million transfer of Copa America hero Everton PES 2020 news and hands-on impressions: finesse dribbling, new Matchday mode and revamped Master League make for improved experience Mohamed Salah set to become England’s best-paid footballer with new Liverpool deal Bayer Leverkusen youngster says he’s ready for next step amid Liverpool interest Tottenham and Atletico Madrid hold crunch talks over Christian Eriksen future