After ceding a surprising 3-3 draw to Feyenoord within the Champions League on the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday, a distraught Manchester Metropolis boss Pep Guardiola revealed the rationale behind the scratches on his head and nostril on through the sport.
The woeful hosts fluffed a three-goal lead inside 14 minutes within the secnd-half and when requested to be the minimize and scratches on his face, Guardiola stated: “Sure, it’s my finger right here. With my nail. I need to hurt myself.”
Metropolis had appeared to place a horrendous run of type behind with Erling Haaland and Ilkay Gundogan discovering the web thrice within the house of 9 minutes after the crew entered the competition with 5 successive defeats for the primary time since 2006.
The spectacular capitulation quickly made issues worse for Guardiola who has now suffered the worst win-less run of his managerial profession. The Spaniard had by no means misplaced greater than three video games on the helm with Metropolis, Barcelona or Bayern Munich earlier than.
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Tuesday’s outcome continued a woeful current run of type for Metropolis, who had misplaced 5 successive matches throughout all competitions for the primary time since 2006 earlier than their capitulation towards Feyenoord.
“We’re not secure. We give them the primary and the opposite ones in order that’s why it’s tough,” Guardiola instructed Amazon Prime Sport.
“We’ve misplaced lots of video games these days. We’re fragile and we wanted a victory. The sport was good for the boldness. We performed at degree however one thing occurred after which we had issues.
“I don’t know if it’s psychological. The primary purpose can’t occur and the second as effectively. We’re determined to win and do effectively however we don’t win video games. The state of affairs is what it’s,” stated Guardiola.
Metropolis journey to Anfield for a table-top Premier League conflict towards Liverpool. A defeat would imply Metropolis will fall 11 factors behind their long-time rivals within the title race, solely 13 video games into the season.
