Manchester City, led by world-renowned soccer legend Pep guardiola (53, Spain), suffered four consecutive losses in the English Premier League (EPL).
Manchester City lost 0-2 in the EPL 13th round visit too Liverpool held on the 2nd.Manchester City has lost four consecutive games in the EPL, starting with a 1-2 loss to Bournemouth on the 3rd of last month. It has been 16 years since Manchester City lost four games in the EPL, and it is the first time since Guardiola took charge in July 2016.Man City, which was second in the league untill the day before, fell to fifth place (23 points, 7 wins, 2 draws, 4 losses). With the win on this day, the point gap between leader Liverpool (34 points, 11 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss), who had won 4 times in a row, and Manchester City widened to 11 points.
Manchester City has fallen into a swamp of 7 consecutive games without a win (1 draw, 6 losses), including the League Cup match and the UEFA Champions League match. Manchester City gave up 19 goals in 7 games, revealing problems with their defensive organization. In the match against Liverpool, they gave up the first goal in the 12th minute of the first half when they missed Cody hakpo’s run toward the goal, and in the 33rd minute of the second half, they conceded a penalty kick to muhammad salah, resulting in a complete defeat.
At the end of the second half, Liverpool’s home fans chanted “(You) will be fired (from Manchester City) tomorrow morning” towards manager Guardiola.Coach Guardiola signed a two-year extension contract with Manchester City last month and is set to lead the team until June 2027. Guardiola, who was standing in the technical area, heard chants mocking him and smiled at the crowd where Liverpool fans were sitting, extending six fingers. The British BBC reported, “Coach guardiola emphasized to Liverpool fans that he is the coach who won the EPL six times at Manchester City.”
“All the opposition teams want me to be sacked from Manchester city,” Guardiola said in his post-match press conference. Manchester City is attempting to win five consecutive titles for the first time in EPL history this season. Guardiola was asked whether he thought there would be a new champion other than Manchester City this season. Coach Guardiola said, “there are still many games left (in the EPL). “We will start again from ‘0’.” The EPL plays 38 games per team per season.
Liverpool continued its upward trend by defeating Manchester City. Opta, a sports statistics company, raised Liverpool’s probability of winning the EPL this season from 80.4% to 85.1%. Coach Arne Slott (46, Netherlands), who has been leading Liverpool since July of this year, is having an impressive debut season.Liverpool is in first place in the UEFA Champions League league phase, being the only team out of 36 participating to win all five matches.
Coach Slot is a leader who led feyenoord in the Dutch first division from July 2021 to June this year, winning the regular league and the Netherlands Football Association (KNVB) Cup once each. Coach Slot, like coach Guardiola, emphasizes complex build-up (progress of attack) through high ball possession and passing play. In the past,Coach Slot said in an interview with the British media,“I was inspired by watching coach Guardiola’s games.”
Coach Slott said after the win against Manchester City, “We played close to perfection today.” Regarding Coach Guardiola, who is mired in consecutive losses, “Coach Guardiola is a leader who has the ability to win by showing his will. “There is no need to feel sympathy for him,” he said.
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