The truth that explains the fall of Guardiola’s City

The sinking of City of Manchester It seems endless. The one in Pep Guardiolacurrent champions of England and holders of a historic Triplet in 2023, did not go beyond a draw in the visit of Everton at the Etihad Stadium (1-1), on the traditional ‘Boxing Day’, extended their winless streak to five.

But that’s not all. In his last 13 games in all competitions, the city They have only managed to win one (Nottingham Forest), draw three (Feyenoord, Crystal Palace and the aforementioned Everton) and lose nine (Tottenham Hotspur (x2), Bournemouth, Sporting CP, Brighton, Liverpool, Juventus, Manchester United and Aston Villa ), nothing more and nothing less.

A crisis of unprecedented results since the arrival of the Guardiolain the summer of 2016, which had the sky blue team seventh in the Premier League table, 14 points behind the leader Liverpool (which also has a pending match day), and twenty seconds in the Champions League, just two places above twenty-four, the latter giving access to the new playoff.

And it cannot be understood without a piece of information that perfectly reflects the disaster that has become a country. City of Manchester which, in this negative streak, has scored a whopping 28 goals (two per game), leaving only a clean sheet in its only victory, against forest for 3-0. Two more goals than they conceded in the entire 2021-22 Premier League, the second of four they have won in a row.

“We have to sign”

“We were having problems in defense and in the middle of the field,” he admitted. Guardiola in ‘Amazon Prime. “So we have to sign. But even if I say this, I don’t know what will happen. The winter market is not easy, and everyone knows it. Even our players know our situation and what we have to do . “, then the one from Santpedor.