You don’t have to be Pep Guardiola to realize that Manchester City needs reinforcements for the second part of the season. The proof is clear: nine defeats, two draws and only one victory in the last 12 matches played between the Premier League, Carabao Cup and League Phase of the UEFA Champions League.
This is how the Catalan coach himself said it directly in conversation with Prime Video in advance of the citizens’ commitment to Everton under the framework of Boxing Day. “If we can, we have to add players in January… without a doubt!”he expressed.
Along the same lines, Pep Guardiola recognized the area in which he hopes to have greater options for the second part of the course: “We had problems especially at the back and in the middle”. And he added: ”I think even the players ask ourselves… are we going to add more players? Please!”.
Manchester City’s attack is also under scrutiny
To understand Manchester City’s poor performance, in part, you must analyze the players in charge of the offense. For example, Erling Haaland, the main attack card in Pep Guardiola’s scheme, only scored 4 goals in the last 12 gamesnone of which served to win (he scored in the 2-1 defeat with Brighton, in the 2-2 defeat with Crystal Palace and two in the 3-3 defeat with Feyenoord).
Furthermore, so far this season, Phil Foden contributed only 4 goals. Still, in this aspect, the English footballer did twice as much as Bernardo Silva and Kevin De Bruyne. With this panorama, every goal by Julián Álvarez at Atlético de Madrid seems to be a dagger for Guardiola, since the Spider is Colchonero’s top scorer with 12 shouts.
Manchester City, practically out of Premier League competition
Manchester City only added 4 of the last 24 points that were put into dispute in the Premier League. That made it move away from the fight for the title, in such a way that, not only was it 12 points behind the leader Liverpool, but it is not even positioned in the qualification zone for next season’s UEFA Cups.
On the other hand, After losing to Tottenham in the Carabao Cup, they were eliminated and in the UEFA Champions League their qualification for the Play Offs for the Round of 16 will be played on the next two datesof which, in one they must face Paris Saint-Germain, which presents a similar situation, in the Parc des Princes.
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