Pep Guardiola says he’s braced for the problem of turning round Manchester Metropolis’s fortunes after the worst run of his managerial profession forward of a frightening journey to runaway Premier League leaders Liverpool.
Manchester Metropolis supervisor Pep Guardiola reacts through the Champions League opening section. (Martin Rickett/PA by way of AP)(AP)
Metropolis are and not using a win in six video games, with 5 consecutive defeats adopted by a 3-3 Champions League draw in opposition to Feyenoord on Tuesday, when Metropolis blew a 3-0 lead within the last quarter-hour.
Defeat at Anfield on Sunday would depart the Premier League champions 11 factors behind Arne Slot’s males.
Guardiola’s angst was clear in midweek as he appeared on digicam after the Feyenoord sport with plenty of self-inflicted scratches on his face.
The 53-year-old lately prolonged his contract on the Etihad till 2027 and mentioned the prospect to beat a uncommon interval of adversity performed an element in that call.
“The moment I feel I’m not positive for the club, another one will come. It has to be (the case). But I want an opportunity to try to do it,” Guardiola mentioned at his pre-match press convention on Friday.
“I don’t want to run away. I want to be there. I want to rebuild the team in many aspects from now on until the end of the season, the next seasons, to try to continue up there.”
– ‘Squad is admittedly good’ –
Metropolis have repeatedly rewritten the document books of English soccer throughout Guardiola’s eight years in cost.
They’ve received six Premier League titles in seven seasons, together with an unprecedented 4 in a row, and received the treble in 2023.
However Guardiola has repeatedly referred to as his aspect “fragile” and missing in confidence in current weeks.
“In the first knock we are not as stable as we have always been,” he mentioned. “In the past when we were able to go 3-0 up, we didn’t score the fourth, we didn’t score the fifth, but the game was dead.
“Now within the first moments (of adversity) I do not understand how we’re going to react for apparent causes that we have now, for the desperation to win, for the absence of vital gamers.
“The best test to prove how stable we are is Anfield because we cannot expect they will not have that moment and momentum and that is when we have to stand up as a team.”
Guardiola, although, disagreed that Metropolis’s squad is in want of an overhaul within the switch market.
Ballon d’Or winner Rodri has been dominated out for the remainder of the season with a severe knee damage, whereas Guardiola has needed to cope with out plenty of different key gamers.
“You have to now change everything — I don’t completely agree with that. We cannot forget three months ago we were champions of the Premier League,” he mentioned.
“The squad is really good, but we don’t have the squad. It’s not just Rodri, nominated the best player (in the world), it’s many, many, many other players. So that is more difficult.
“We do not have six, seven vital gamers. We’ve got performed two weeks, three weeks with out 4 central defenders, two holding midfielders. However step-by-step, the gamers come again a little bit bit and hopefully we may be collectively for a very long time.”