Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City had never experienced such a long crisis of results. Beaten by Aston Villa last Saturday (1-2), the Skyblues recorded a sixth defeat in the league. In the rankings, the reigning English champions are in seventh place, four lengths behind the Big Four, not in line with their standing. Same problem in Europe. In the Champions League, City are 22nd in the standings and their next duel against Paris Saint-Germain could take them out of the top 24 in the event of a bad result at the Parc des Princes.
Faced with all these problems, Pep Guardiola has already confided that this situation is undermining him. But the Spaniard assures that everything can change when he has his entire squad available. “I know we will come back. What I want is for my players to come back, for the team to be at the top. The squad is very good, the problem is that we didn’t have it! The problem is not that they are good or bad, that’s not what matters, it’s that we didn’t have them.» However, one detail did not escape you.
City set new targets for Guardiola
While Manchester City finds itself in the middle of an XXL crisis, the English club has chosen to announce the extension of its coach until 2027. Was the timing right? Do City regret making this announcement at this time? According to the BBCnone of that. Guardiola remains reassured and the English media even made a small revelation about the Catalan’s anxieties. While everyone was surprised by the scratch marks on Guardiola’s head and nose, the BBC tells us that the former Barça coach had already inflicted similar treatment on himself in the past in training. We should therefore not see this as a sign of the end of the cycle or total exhaustion.
Then, the Cityzens are well aware that their team is going through a difficult time, in addition to the trial of the century to manage at the same time, but the objectives have changed. From now on, Pep Guardiola’s goal is to secure a place in the Big Four, in order to guarantee the juicy income from the Champions League. Finally, Guardiola now has the mission to use his last two years of contract to prepare for the future Manchester City.
