Pep Guardiola is experiencing his biggest crisis in Manchester since he landed in England. The blue team has had five consecutive defeats and last weekend they experienced the most painful of all with a resounding 0-4 defeat against Tottenham at the Etihad. However, football does not give the Catalan’s team any respite and this Tuesday they will have another Champions League match against Feyenoord, which is why the man from Santpedor had to appear at a press conference.
Far from appearing nervous or upset with the situation, Guardiola wanted to convey calm to the media, answering many questions calmly. “I think that this season we are going to do very, very good things. I am not giving up and I have the feeling that we are going to be there…”, stated the citizen coach.
On the one hand, he has recognized his team’s shortcomings at the beginning of the season: “There are aspects in which we are not strong enough. We lack solidity and consistency, also due to the incredible number of absences we have.”
Guardiola, crestfallen after his team’s defeat against Tottenham.AP
However, he has also assured that they have not been as bad as the results reflect: “Against Tottenham we had more expected goals than them, we created many chances.” And not only against Spurs, but he defends his team’s performance in the rest of the games except one: “Except for the game against Bournemouth, in the other games we did well.”
Now I won’t change the way we believe
For this reason, he is confident that they will be able to turn the situation around, stating that they will not make too many modifications. “If I had changed in the first season, we would not have won six Premier League titles in eight years, impossible. Now I am not going to change the way we believe,” Pep declared.
Despite everything, he highlighted that they are still in the fight for titles: “We are still second in the Premier League standings. If we continue losing, it is clear that we will finish eighth or ninth, but at the moment we are still second.”
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One of the main criticisms that Manchester City is having in its last games is that they are being unable to score goals and there all the spotlights point to Haaland, who is being widely singled out for not seeing the goal. However, Guardiola also wanted to be calm regarding the Norwegian’s situation: “One day he will score two or three goals, as he has been doing since he arrived. Without him we would have even more problems in front of goal.”
Without Haaland we would have even more problems in front of the door
Furthermore, he has also referred to his team’s dependence on the Norwegian striker: “Any team that has Eerling is going to depend on him. I know it and it’s fine.” Now he has the Champions League, where he has scored 3 goals, to make up for it and get back into good momentum. However, Pep has also declared that it will not be easy: “At the moment, any rival is difficult for us”, but whatever the case, it is a new opportunity to turn around the most tense situation that Pep has experienced since his arrival. to Manchester.