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Man City have been handed brutal reality check – Pep Guardiola on City’s 4 game winless run

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Last updated: December 9, 2023 2:34 am
Godson Published December 9, 2023
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Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola has state that the Englis club’s recent Premier League slump has delivered a reality check as he prepares for Sunday’s match at struggling club, Luton.

City are winless in their past four Premier League matches but Guardiola said he and his treble-winning players had enjoyed being stroked “like a cat” for too long during their period of domination and they “needed a shake”.

Aston Villa outplayed City in their 1-0 defeat on Wednesday, a result that extended their winless run in the Premier League to four games and pushed them down to fourth in the table.

Guardiola’s men, chasing an unprecedented fourth consecutive top-flight title, are now six points behind leaders Arsenal.

“As a manager I sometimes need that, I need that challenge,” Guardiola told a press conference on Friday, December

“I think for everyone it is good. I think it’s necessary to live that. For a long time, we’ve lived like a cat (strokes head) and (known) how good we are.

“We need it to say ‘Guys this business — it’s terrible’. You are unbeatable and then, oh my God, you cannot win one game — from nothing.

“Maybe for myself first, I need that challenge to prove myself, that I’m a good manager, to help the players overcome that situation.

“For the players it’s a good challenge to say ‘Aston Villa were miles better than all of us, so imagine the other ones’.”

Guardiola, whose team won the Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup last season, claimed City could miss out on qualifying for next season’s Champions League.

“We have to work hard,” he said. “As soon as we realise (it) we come out of here quicker.

“The club needed it. One month ago I thought the club needed a shake, to be shaken. The bad results can help you to live that.”

City will have influential midfielder Rodri back at Luton after he completed his latest ban. The Spaniard has now missed four games through suspension this season and Guardiola’s side have lost them all showing ow important he is to the tea.

Guardiola again overlooked Kalvin Phillips when selecting his side at Villa Park, fuelling further speculation the England midfielder could leave the club in January.

The English midfiielder has failed to establish himself at the Etihad Stadium since his move from Leeds in 2022.

Guardiola said: “I don’t know what will happen. I feel so sorry for my decisions for him. He doesn’t deserve for one second not to have minutes but it’s just that I visualise things and struggle a little to see him.”

 

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