Alarms went off in a Manchester City that for the first time in years feels mortal. The three defeats in a row in Pep Guardiola’s team they leave weighty testimonies about a planning for the season that has not been kind by any means. A star from the former Barcelona speaks of a moment of total vulnerability and where the situation must be turned 180 degrees.
“It’s disappointing because we’re in a dark time right now. “Everything seems to go wrong,” Bernardo Silva began in TNT Sports after the defeat against Sporting Lisbon 4-1 in the UEFA Champions League. It is the third in a row after Bournemouth and Tottenham, as well as a living example that it will not be as ‘simple’ as the last ones. The Portuguese midfielder points to the lack of effectiveness in the air.
Self-criticism is fierce. Not only from Pep Guardiola who greatly questioned the moment of his men, but from Bernardo who affirms that the lowest moment of the project has been reached: “Even when we play well, we don’t score chances and they score goals very easily. We have to look and see what we are not doing right. And we have to recover very quickly or it will be very difficult. It’s football and it’s difficult to find the reasons why this is happening. I don’t remember in seven and a half seasons that we have lost three games in a row. It’s like everything goes wrong.”
“The positive part is that after these three games in a row we are in a good position, especially in the Premier League. We continue fighting for everything, but we have to do better. “We also need the injured players, because tonight was not enough,” The former Sporting ended up in Lisbon. It is the moment with the highest number of consecutive defeats for a Guardiola team in almost 6 years. This weekend against Brighton as a visitor, they are not only looking for points, but above all sensations that have left the Etihad in recent weeks.
Bernardo Silva’s fierce self-criticism about the hard moment that Manchester City is experiencing: IMAGO
We repeat that the plot is not young. Since the summer there have been fears of a general downturn at Manchester City. The accumulation of matches, the impossibility of maintaining the rhythm and competitive hunger of a team with four Premier titles in a row and the fact of having only won one signing (Savinho), first symptoms of an unknown situation in the short term for the Etihad. If we add to this, of course, Rodri’s injury, everything becomes more difficult.
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There are many open fronts. The trial against the Premier will finally give its verdict, the end of Guardiola’s contract will finally be analyzed and a new sports director will have to be found after the departure of Txiki Begiristain. End the season around mid-July with the new Club World Cup, an economic prize that Pep’s coaching staff is far from pleased with.
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The skyblues are tenth in the general table with 7 points coming from two wins, a draw and the defeat in Portugal. Commitments remain before Feyenoord and Bruges at home, as well as tough visits to Juventus in Turin and vs. PSG in the Parque de Los Príncipes. For the first time in almost 7 years, Manchester City feels mortal.
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