Phil Foden insists Manchester Metropolis’s gamers nonetheless consider in Pep Guardiola regardless of the painful loss in opposition to Manchester United that prolonged their dismal streak.
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Guardiola’s facet have misplaced eight of their previous 11 video games in all competitions following the devastating 2-1 defeat within the Manchester derby on the Etihad Stadium on Sunday.
Unhinged by the form of dismal defending that has develop into a daily function of their beautiful decline, Metropolis conceded twice within the closing minutes as United dealt one other blow to the Premier League champions’ fading hopes of a fifth successive title.
Fifth-placed Metropolis are trailing 9 factors behind leaders Liverpool, who’ve a recreation in hand, and have already suffered 5 league defeats this season after enduring simply three in the entire of the final top-flight marketing campaign.
Guardiola stated after the sport that he’s “not good enough” because the worst disaster of his managerial profession deepened.
However Metropolis ahead Foden is adamant the Spaniard, who not too long ago signed a brand new two-year contract, retains the assist of his beleaguered squad.
“We are still nowhere near our level, but I still believe that we are playing good enough to get points and results,” he stated.
“It’s about remaining focused throughout the full 90 minutes, but we keep switching off at important times. We just need to get the focus right.
“We stick collectively, regroup and consider in ourselves after what we have achieved prior to now.
“We keep believing in the process and the manager I’m sure if we do that we will get back to winning ways and get back to our level.”
Metropolis desperately must discover a successful components forward of Saturday’s Premier League journey to Aston Villa.
Foden admitted he’s baffled by Metropolis’s outstanding fall from grace, with the harm to the crew’s morale clear to him within the dressing room after the derby defeat.
“I can’t put a finger on what’s going on,” Foden stated.
“I thought the performance was more than good enough to get the result, but we come out with no points, and it seems to be the same story at the moment. We just have to stick together.
“The altering room is clearly going to be down and unhappy in the intervening time, however we won’t dwell on this an excessive amount of.”
After facing Villa, Guardiola’s team host Everton on December 26 before visiting Leicester in their last game of 2024.
With the busy festive season looming, Foden urged his teammates to stick together.
“It is about protecting our mentality robust all through the entire 90 minutes and we’re not doing that in the intervening time,” he said.
“We have now to go once more and present character to come back again from this blip.
“It’s not a time for moaning, it’s about sticking together, remaining strong and going again. I’m positive we are going to come back.”
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