Never before has the Spanish strategist reached so many consecutive matches without scoring a single point. In England, for the first time, its continuity is called into question.
Manchester City, like few times in the last decade, is in a sporting crisis. Pep Guardiola’s team lost 2-1 to Brighton this Saturday and four falls in a row. Erling Haaland opened the account. However, the home team woke up towards the end and within five minutes they turned the situation around. Never in the career of the Spanish coach had he experienced such a negative streak. In England, it raises serious questions. Never before had they lost four games in a row. In 2016, they went six games without winning, but with draws in between. When he managed Bayern Munich, he made three mistakes in a row.
In Europe, they did not hesitate to throw darts at the citizen team. The Spanish newspaper AS called them “castaways” for their last performance. In Manchester, in fact, we assume that we are in a bad situation. “It’s disappointing because we are currently experiencing dark times. “Everything seems to be going wrong,” Bernardo Silva said. before the trip to Brighton. The poor streak now includes defeats to Tottenham in the League Cup, to Bournemouth in the Premier, to Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League and this Saturday’s visit to Brighton.
Despite the fall, the citizen team remains in second place in the ranking. Even if Liverpool could extend their distance to five units.
Southampton fall again
After stringing together two victories in a row and breathing a little, Southampton lost again. It was 2-0 against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Ben Brereton He came on in the 73rd minute and was unable to change the situation for his team, already behind because of scores from Pablo Sarabia (2′) and Matheus Cunha (51′). With this score, they fall to last place in the Premier. In fact, they were surpassed precisely by the Wolves, who before this match only had three units. Now they reach six and Soton has four.
The former Blackburn player played 407 minutes in seven league matches. So far this season he hasn’t scored a single goal. His last score was defending Sheffield United.
Source: Latercera
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