After a bad run, Guardiola wants all of Man City’s players to give it their all

Pep Guardiola, the manager of Manchester City, said that players must fully support the club’s goals before Tuesday’s Champions League match against Feyenoord. His failing team is trying to end a terrible run of results.

Tottenham Hotspur shocked the Premier League winners with a 4-0 win at the Etihad on Saturday, making City’s losing streak to five games. It was the first time in Guardiola’s career that City had lost five games in a row.

Also, it was the first time since April 2006 that they had lost five straight games in any tournament. With the loss, City fell eight points behind Liverpool in second place. On Sunday, they will play Liverpool at home.

Unfortunately, they’ve had a lot of injuries this season. Ballon d’Or winner Rodri, center back Ruben Dias, midfielder Mateo Kovacic, and wingers Jeremy Doku and Oscar Bobb have all had to miss time.

Guardiola recently signed a new two-year deal to stay at City. He has led the team to 18 big titles, including six Premier League titles and one Champions League crown.

“See how far we’ve come? It’s hard to defend the success we’ve had, which is why I’m so calm. “That’s why I want commitment, commitment, commitment, and commitment,” Guardiola told reporters on Monday.

“Just being ourselves isn’t enough, we have to show commitment every day.”

The Spanish person told them that they should be more true to their beliefs than ever since they’ve been having trouble.

“Because this team has won a lot for a very long time.” “I believe we need to stick to our values in this case,” he added.

“We give ourselves many chances. The duels aren’t going our way. Our first center backs are not here, so we have to run backwards. Rodri is not in the room.

“We usually play with four central defenders, but we have injuries, so Ilkay Gundogan, our best attacking midfielder, had to play as a defensive midfielder…” What should we do? Be firm. If not Tuesday, then Sunday after next. The next game if not. We keep at it.”

But Guardiola made it clear that his team is not yet ready to win the Premier League. He also said that this phase will end.
“One game must be won.” I want the players to do well, but we need to pay more attention to some areas. It will be over. “Life goes on, it’s going to rain tomorrow,” he said.

City is in 10th place out of 36 teams in the Champions League table, with seven points from four games. They are two points behind the teams that automatically qualify. Feyenoord is in 21st place, one point behind.

Kevin De Bruyne, a Belgian midfielder, came on for the last 20 minutes against Tottenham after getting better from an injury he got in their 2-1 Premier League win over Brentford in September. He gave them a boost.

“I couldn’t kick a ball, move around freely, or do what I do to play after the Brentford game.” Now I’m beginning to feel better. “It’s been annoying, but I’m better now, so that’s good,” the 33-year-old said.

Since his deal with City ends in 2025, De Bruyne said he didn’t know what would happen with him after that.

“I knew talks would happen at the start of the season, but then somebody got hurt in Brentford.” After just a few days, it turned into eight or nine weeks. “I put it all aside,” De Bruyne said.

“Don’t worry too much. I’m okay. I am pleased; all I want is to play good football once more. As for the future, we shall see… “I don’t know, but if there are no talks, this will be my last year at the club.”

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