Pep’s scratched face tells the whole truth about the unprecedented situation at Manchester City

Even more shocking than new manchester city kazoowho managed to come from 3-0 down to draw 3-3 with Feyenoord, is the image of Pep Guardiola. The Catalan technician he appeared with scratches on his face after the match and either because he wanted to hurt himself, as he ironically answered a question from journalists, or because something happened in the locker roomas the bad languages ​​of social media say, this image is, where really shocking. Probably because in the face of the 53-year-old technician one can see the situation in which the invincible, until recently, champions of England have fallen.

Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City have entered the unknown. After the 3-3 against Feyenoord, it became the first team in Champions League historywho led by three goals in the 75th minute and failed to win! He did not win a game, in which he scored three goals, for the first time since May 1989. And he has six consecutive matches, where he conceded two or more goals, for the first time after 61 years. The stats are dramaticallyas presented by Marca.

Yes, that season, 1962-63the City relegated to the second category! He conceded 102 goals in 24 matches. It was obviously another era. It is obvious, however, something else: The “citizens” for the first time in many years they give you the impression, on the one hand, that they are not invincible (everything else), and on the other hand, that they might fail miserably everywhere!

“This is a football dynasty and to win four championships in a row you have to have great talent and desire and all those buzzwords that we associate with football…“, he had told Amazon Prime Stuart Pearceformer City coach. He added: “But Manchester City is not aware of this situation and must adapt quickly. On Sunday he will have the most important test in the Premier League with the match against Liverpool». The drama in short can get worse, facing one of the groups with the best form in Europewhich has been lost to +8 at the top of the standings.

“You can’t keep making individual mistakes. You can do whatever you want, but if your players fail individually… That’s what happened in the last six games. They lack a leader, a strong rearguard leader“, explained Clichy, a former player of the champions.

“We have never seen such defensive frailties at Manchester City. It seems that this manifests itself in all the games he has played recently“, were the words of Townsend, a former England international, in BBC. So everyone agrees: The situation is borderline!

“You don’t need to say anything to the players. They know it perfectly…“, said Guardiola after the 3-3 draw against Feyenoord. “We are fragile“, he added. In their absence Ruben Diaz, Kovacic and Bob added n loss of Rodrithe most decisive player of the team. Or the return, now, of a De Bruyne, far from his high standards.

“I don’t know if it’s psychological. The first goal cannot happen and neither can the second. We were desperate to win and do well… We are doing well, but we are not winning games,” Guardiola told the press. His team, for the first time in his time in Manchester, have issues in defence. And he scores fewer goals than the opposition. An equation, which is translated in unwinnable games.

“I feel like we lost“, added the Catalan. “Is it a mindset problem?». This seems to be the most repeated question at this moment. And Ake did not avoid her:Maybe it’s a mindset thing. It’s hard to say. Obviously we haven’t been in this situation many times, but here we have to show our character. When everything seems to be going against us and everyone, we must remain mentally strongto believe in ourselves and stay united».

Next Sunday against Liverpool City will have the opportunity to rise again. There is, however, another risk: They stay at -11 and Pep’s face acquires new scratches…