He City of Manchester It hit the decisive stretch of the season like a shot. The ‘citizen’ group flew this Wednesday against the Arsenal (4-1) and the team is two points behind Mikel Artetawho despite his defeat continues to rule the Premier two points ahead.
The tables seem to have turned between the two teams. If earlier it seemed that the ‘gunners’ had no competition, now it is City that is scary. And in part this is due to the work of Pep Guardiola.
In January, almost three months ago, the ‘citizen’ coach saw nothing clear. He never saw hunger or desire in the eyes of his football players and didn’t hesitate to point it out publicly with a fiery speech.
City managed to come back against Tottenham and ended up beating Spurs 4-2, but Guardiola, not complacent, ‘slashed’ against everyone in a public and notorious waya message that goes unnoticed and achieves its main purpose, to get its players to react.
“They lack the passion, fire and desire to win from the first minute“Guardiola said. “Our fans were silent for 45 minutes. We are far from the team we used to be. There are many things we are far from.”
“It’s not just one player. All of them. Our fans should put pressure on us, they should demand more, they should shout. We’re lucky now but nine times out of ten we don’t come back. I want a reaction from the whole club, the whole organisation, the players, the staff. We are a group of ‘happy flowers’. I don’t want to be a ‘happy flower’, I want to beat Arsenal, but if we play like that Arsenal will destroy us. They kill for every ball, we don’t,” interrupted Guardiola, clearly angry at the situation.
The City is already a storm
However, Pep’s media ‘slap’ worked like a charm to get City to react. Since then, the ‘citizen’ has been unstoppable: they only lost one gameSurprisingly, against Tottenham themselves, they achieved 31 out of 36 possible points in the Premier League and reached the semifinals of the Champions League, eliminating Leipzig and Bayern, as well as clinching the FA Cup final.
The City is already a storm devouring rivals, wanting victory from the first minute and fighting to the death for every ball, exactly what Guardiola claimed in his incendiary ‘rajada’ on January 19.
Source: La Verdad
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