Published 08:03 IST, November 10th 2024
Questions Asked Of Guardiola As Man City LOSE Fourth Straight Game After 2-1 Loss Against Brighton
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has a lot of questions being asked of him as Manchester City have lost their fourth straight game.
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re is a lot going around Pep Guardiola and Manchester City as fans are seeing a t so usual side of team and manr. Manchester City have w lost four games in a row which has led to questions being asked of Pep Guardiola. This has never been witnessed ever before in career of Pep Guardiola in all of teams that he has mand. Man City have slipped down to second place and are w 5 points behind rivals Liverpool who are w sitting first on table.
Questions Raised Regarding Pep Guardiola After Ar Loss
Manchester City has never h it this b under Pep Guardiola.
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Guardiola has never h it this b in his manrial career.
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A sense of crisis is looming over champions of England after y lost a fourth straight game in all competitions, 2-1 at Brighton, and slipped five points behind Liverpool in Premier League on Saturday. Liverpool beat Aston Villa 2-0 thanks to goals by Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah.
Second-placed City hasn’t lost four games in a row since 2006 — two years before Abu Dhabi takeover of club and 10 years before Guardiola’s game-changing arrival on blue side of Manchester.
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As for Guardiola, widely regarded as world’s best coach, he has never lost four straight matches anywhere in his illustrious time in manment that began in 2007.
closest he has come was in 2014-15 season when, at Bayern Munich, his team lost in a penalty shootout in German Cup followed by three straight defeats — two in Bundesliga, when Bayern h alrey clinched title, and once in Champions League.
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An End Of An Era? Guardiola Answers Back!
So, Guardiola was asked, is this end of era, after leing City to an unprecedented four straight top-flight league titles?
“It’s what people want, right?” he posed. “That’s rmal — we won a lot. I would just like to have all squ (available).”
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That won’t be happening anytime soon considering star center midfielder Rodri, this year’s Ballon d’Or winner, is out for season with an ACL injury. Guardiola also h his best four center backs — Ruben Dias, John Stones, Manuel Akanji and Nathan Ake — unavailable, while playmaker Kevin De Bruyne is clearly t sharp or fit eugh on his return from injury.
“When we play b, I am first to say, ‘Oh, oh, I don’t like it.’ But I don’t have that feeling,” Guardiola said.
Indeed, City was dominant in first half and went in front when Erling Haaland scored his league-leing 12th goal of campaign.
However, like in 4-1 loss at Sporting in Champions League on Tuesday, City couldn’t sustain its level in second half and Brighton fought back, with Joao Pedro equalizing in 78th and setting up Matt O’Riley for winner in 83rd on his Premier League debut.
City’s losing run started at Tottenham in English League Cup last week, before a 2-1 defeat at Bournemouth in league — its first league defeat in 11 months.
For Guardiola, it’s simple. City’s squ cant cope with all its injuries while fixtures are coming thick and fast.
“We cant do it every three days, three days, four days, three days with (injury) situation we have,” he said, ding with an air of desperation, “I would love to have players (back).”
City’s next game is after international break, at home to Tottenham in league.
(With AP Inputs)
08:03 IST, November 10th 2024