By Sergio Silva
Dec 21, 2024, 11:39 AM EST
Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City continues in free fall and this Saturday the current Premier League champion They prolonged their bad moment by losing to Aston Villa (2-1) for their third consecutive defeat in their last three appearances between the English championship and the Champions League.
Despite being in the middle of this bad moment, the worst in the Catalan technical director’s career, Norwegian forward Erling Haaland came to his defense after this new debacle that could affect their classification in the standings much more.
“We have to continue. The first thing I have to do is look at myself. I’m not doing things well enough. I’m not marking the chances I have. I have to do better”assured the Norwegian attacker after the game to the TNT Sports network.
This Saturday’s fall is the ninth in the last 12 games in all competitions for Pep Guardiola’s Citizens who have not been able to deal in the best way with the injury losses they have suffered throughout this season, the most notable Rodri’s, out until next season.
“Our confidence levels are not the best and we know how important it is. We have to continue and be positive, even if it is difficult right now”added Erling Haaland, who highlighted that within the squad they still maintain confidence in being able to move this situation forward.
“You will find solutions. It’s what he has done every year. We still believe in him. “We have to work harder than ever”noted the forward in reference to the Spanish coach who urgently needs to achieve good results to overcome this atypical crisis in his successful career.
“The solution is for the players to return”
For Pep Guardiola, the key that will allow him to get back on track with Manchester City in the midst of the crisis of poor results it is having is the possibility of recovering the players who are out in order to resume the victorious path it has followed during the last six seasons.
“Better results may come and they may not. It depends on us. The solution is for the players to return. Now we only have one healthy center back and that makes it much more difficult.”commented the Spanish coach who is now aiming for the duel against Everton on Thursday.
“We will try again in the next game and we cannot think much beyond that”added the Catalan who has been questioned recently for not being able to turn around the situation that Manchester City, which has been champion of England in the last six seasons, is going through.
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