With no time to savor the victory achieved on Friday in the Club World Cup, its fifth title in this historic 2023, Manchester City returned to the Premier League today with inevitably need to beat Everton at Goodison Park so as not to be further away from the other candidates for the title.
Pep Guardiola hopes that the Club World Cup, achieved with two defeats against Japanese Urawa in the semifinals (3-0) and Brazilian Fluminense in the final (4-0), will be the turning point that will reactivate his team in the Premier .
The champion came off a victory in six days
The city dropped to fifth place, though out of the Champions League positions, and, with two fewer games played, eight points behind Liverpool, the provisional leaders, after adding a win in the last six rounds.
Since November 12 The English champions in five of the last six seasons have drawn consecutively against Chelsea (4-4), Liverpool (1-1), Tottenham (3-3), losing in their visit to Aston Villa (1-0) , returned against Luton (1-2) and failed again at home against Crystal Palace (2-2).
“I have a feeling the job is done,” he said yesterday Guardiola after closing 2023 with five titles, but at the same time he maintained that he has no problem accepting criticism when his team does not win, as recently in the Premier. “It’s part of the job. When you don’t win, you have nothing, zero. Because of what you did in the past, The more you win, the more they want you to fail. OK, we’ll go back and see what happens.”
The state of Erling Haaland, out of the last six games due to stress on a foot, remains a mystery, while Kevin de Bruyne He returned to training in Saudi after undergoing surgery in August for a muscle injury. Jeremy Doku who did not play for the same amount of time as Haaland, could reappear.
Chelsea, derby in the picture
Chelsea, found in a disappointing 11th place, also need points and now, in their last game at Stamford Bridge in a year to forget, they want to give their fans a victory in the derby against Crystal Palace.
Mauricio Pochettino I hope it gets better Moisés Caicedoout with fever in the defeat (2-1) against Wolverhampton on Christmas Eve, but could not recover from Enzo Fernándezthe Ecuadorian’s midfield partner, or any of the long list of injured, added, as if that were not enough, Raheem Sterling and Carlton Palmer are suspended due to card accumulation. Chelsea is the team that has seen the most yellow cards in the Premier (56).
Brentford-Wolves, the climax
Wednesday’s day is completed by the visit of Wolves, buoyed by victory over Chelsea, and a Brentford who are coming off five defeats in their last six games and are just four points from the relegation zone.
Source: La Verdad
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