By EFE
Dec 25, 2024, 2:20 PM EST
The Manchester City manager, the Spanish Pep Guardiolarelativized the responsibility of his forward, the Norwegian Erling Haaland, in the crisis of results that haunts the team, and He pointed out that the poor situation of the current Premier League champion is due to the “as a whole”, not to a specific footballer.
Guardiola was calm about Haaland’s performance. “It is a situation for us as a team, not for a player. Before, when we scored so many goals and Erling was so prolific and helped us, it was also thanks to the team,” said the Spanish coach in the press conference prior to Thursday’s clash against Everton, on Boxing Day.
Manchester City have only won one of the last twelve games they have played. They have suffered nine defeats and are out of the European zone of the English league, far from the leader, Liverpool.
“When you have problems in defense and in the middle, it’s about the whole team. Not just from one player. If it was just a player, we would see it quickly”, Guardiola insisted. “Erling is very important for us, he will be and we need to use him better,” added the coach.
Guardiola defended his players and acknowledged that he is experiencing a new situation that he hopes to change soon. “This situation is new for all of us. It’s about us, about all of us. The boys run and try harder than ever”, said.
“People say we don’t run or fight. They say it’s the player’s or the coach’s fault. “It’s not that,” Guardiola insisted.
Haaland is in his third year at Manchester City and has always given great performance. But the team’s crisis has also blurred its participation and has generated questions and criticism. He has only scored two goals in his last eight Premier games.
Manchester City opens the eighteenth day of the Premier League, known as ‘boxing day’, on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. CET (-1 GMT). City is seventh, twelve points behind the leader, Liverpool, who has one game less.
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