He Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City finished before the Sports of Portugal his terrible week when he lost (4-1). A defeat that caused all the alarm. The team is in disarray and struggling to find its best version. Rivals dare to get acquainted with him and put what is considered the best team in the world in serious difficulties. This is almost certainly before the fall of Rodrigo Hernandezrecent Ballon d’Or leading to Vinicius JR and Jude Bellinghambut he was injured at the end of September and will miss the entire season with a torn cruciate ligament in his right leg.
The collapse against Sporting de Portugal This adds to the Premier League defeat against Bournemouth (2-1) and the League Cup elimination against Tottenham (2-1). A fact that did not happen to Manchester City in 6 years, suffered three consecutive defeats. Furthermore, the Lisbon team is the third to score 4 goals against Guardiola’s team in the Champions League. Real Madrid and Barcelona have done it before.
The disappearance of Rodrigo Hernández
It was known from the second that the loss of Rodrigo Hernández was important for Manchester City. Those who didn’t understand it was the Ballon d’Or probably do now. The whole game made sense. It is the thermometer, the one that keeps the rhythm of the games. The long-awaited balance that all football teams are looking for.
Ten games have passed since his injury and the green has not deceived. 6 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw. Special emphasis should be placed on achievements. Against Sparta Prague and Slovan Bratislava they were comfortable and without setbacks, but this was not the case against Wolves (1-2), Fulham (3-2), Southampton (1-0) and Watford (2-1 ).
Against Wolverhampton they had to come back, scoring the winning goal in 90+5 minutes and there was controversy. Against Fulham they were saved because Adama Traoré, who had been their undoing, missed the target. They do the right thing and it shows.
Before the break they visit Brighton, who put Liverpool in serious trouble at the weekend. A difficult situation, but one that Guardiola said “I like it as a challenge.”
Source: La Verdad
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