Manchester City once again faltered on the lawn of Juventus Turin (0-2) this Wednesday in the Champions League. Currently, the Mancunian club occupies 22nd place in the league stage standings, a position synonymous with the play-offs, with only 8 points collected in 6 matches.
While the reigning English champions will travel to Paris Saint-Germain on January 22, before hosting Bruges on January 29, Citizens coach Pep Guardiola has lowered his team’s ambitions. . Gone is the objective of entering the Top 8, qualifying for the round of 16, the priority is now to secure a place in the round of 16.
“I will insist until the end”
“The goal is to be a roadblocker. To do this, we will have to bring home a point from Paris and win the last home match against Bruges,” declared the Catalan technician.
Despite a palpable crisis within the Skyblues locker room, who have recorded only one victory in five matches since the beginning of December, Guardiola refuses to give in to pessimism and wishes to remain faithful to his playing philosophy.“(…) Obviously, I question myself, but I remain measured in good and bad times. I try to find solutions, I am incredibly honest. And if we play well, I will say that we play well and that was the case in this match. Our game will save us. We can do it. I love my team. It’s life, it can happen. Sometimes you have a bad period, but I will insist until the end”he confided.