Premier League: Manchester City is in crisis!

This remains a rare occurrence, but the Etihad Stadium let out a violent outcry this Saturday afternoon. While quietly leading the score against Crystal Palace, Manchester City collapsed at the end of the match and conceded a draw in the final moments of the game, after a penalty converted by the Eagles (2-2). Under the boos and whistles of his audience, the Skyblues fell to fourth place in the Premier League, while Liverpool, Arsenal and Aston Villa have not yet played.

An increasingly worrying situation, given that Pep Guardiola’s men are going through a bad run with only one victory taken in the last six days of the Premier League and remain tied on points with fifth, Tottenham. In addition to moving away from the title, the Cityzen club could even move away from the podium, as it must fly to Saudi Arabia in the coming hours to compete in its first Club World Cup.

Manchester City can no longer kill matches

“It’s really unfortunate, but we have to look at ourselves and our individual decisions and then look at ourselves as a group. We can’t blame anyone else. We only have ourselves to blame.”first reacted the young Rico Lewis, at the microphone of the BBCrefusing to complain about the penalty conceded. “Like I said, it’s our fault. These are our mistakes. We have nothing to complain about, we only have to complain to ourselves.”conceded the evening’s scorer.

For his part, Pep Guardiola regrets the fact that his team is unable to kill matches, despite being without the injured Erling Haaland. “It’s not bad luck, it’s deserved. We gave two points. You give this penalty, you deserve it. We are not able to close matches and it is very difficult. And the penalty? This can’t happen.”, he regretted. To get back on track, Manchester City will have the opportunity to win an important trophy at the end of the year and we must not miss out against the Japanese Urawa Red Diamonds, in the semi-final of the 2023 Club World Cup.