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Guardiola and his controversial reaction after City's defeat against Liverpool

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By Sergio Silva

02 Dec 2024, 11:50 AM EST

Manchester City continues in free fall and this Sunday they suffered a new defeat, this time against Liverpool (2-0) for the Premier Leagueextending the chain of matches without winning to seven, a situation that caused discomfort to Pep Guardiola who did not take very well to the chants of the Reds fans.

After the match, corresponding to matchday 13 of the English championship where the Citizens fell to fifth place in the standings, the Spanish coach experienced a controversial moment with his response to the fans at Anfield.

And Pep Guardiola reminded them of the six consecutive Premier League titles he has won with Manchester City by making a gesture with his hands pointing to the number ‘6’ while the Liverpool fans shouted at him “you will be fired tomorrow.”

Pep Guardiola’s controversial gesture before the fans at Anfield after a new defeat suffered by Manchester City, which has not won a game since October 26.

“I didn’t expect it at Anfield”

The technical director of Manchester City, Pep Guardiola, assured that in the midst of the crisis of results he is going through, the worst in his career, it has become common for rival fans to mock him for his departure from the current Premier League champion. but he did not expect it in Anfied.

“Every stadium wants to see me off, it started in Brighton! Maybe they are right with the results we are having. “I didn’t expect it at Anfield.”commented the Spaniard to the English network Sky Sports after the match played this weekend for the English championship.

“They didn’t do it with 1-0 but with 2-0. Maybe they should have sung it sooner. I didn’t expect it from the Liverpool people, but it’s okay. It’s part of the game and I understand it perfectly. We have had incredible battles together. I have respect for them”Guardiola added.

The Spanish Pep Guardiola did not take well at all to the chants of the Liverpool fans in the midst of the bad streak that Manchester City is currently going through.
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The Spanish coach, who this week starred in another controversial moment after the unusual draw against Feyenoord in the Champions League (3-3) by causing scratches and a cut on his nose, is confident that they will soon be able to turn around the seven-game streak without being able to win.

“We have to think about getting results and then some players will come back and then we will be better and we will believe, maybe. There are many things to fight for and we are going to try.”added the strategist who assured that this has not been a regular season.

“We didn’t have a preseason and then (they had) injuries, but we know it and we have to survive with it. We have competed but we have not created many chances. We don’t have rhythm in the middle right now, they are stronger in duels and we have to survive with the ball.”considered.

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