“YOUR CAREER is Over Here he shouldn’t be allowed into the dressing room, let him pack his bags and leave” – Manchester City manager has instructed Manchester City Star to leave his Club after his performance against RB Leipzig and he was the cause of the two goals we conceded
Pep Guardiola has informed his Manchester City players that conceding goals like they did against Chelsea and RB Leipzig is “not normal” after the Blues were vulnerable on the break again in the Champions League.
City were much better defensively against Liverpool at the weekend after the chaotic 4-4 draw at Stamford Bridge, but bad habits returned on Tuesday, with the Bundesliga side leading 2-0 at halftime before a second-half comeback earned Guardiola’s side a 3-2 win and safe passage into the knockout stages as group winners.
Both goals were scored by Lois Openda, who broke away to latch on to long passes and beat Stefan Ortega on both occasions.
It was another night when City were picked apart on the break, and Guardiola knows it is an area where they must improve if they are to equal their successes from last season.
“It is not normal for us to concede four goals against Chelsea, but that is the truth today.” “That didn’t happen last season,” Guardiola explained.
“We talked about it, it’s football, it happens, but we have to improve.” The choices versus Liverpool were excellent, particularly against fast, swift players. Sometimes I think we’re so nervous that Ruben’s first yellow card is unnecessary. You must improve; we were fortunate today.”
Dias was fortunate not to receive a second yellow, and he was brought off at halftime to be replaced by Nathan Ake, but Guardiola was frustrated that neither of his starting centre defenders won their individual duels, an area in which City thrived on their way to the treble last season.
“I understand what we’re talking about. You must win duels and be stronger than we are. “It was individual mistakes, sloppy,” Guardiola added.
“It was similar against Chelsea, we were solid, now two warnings, but the same up front, we have chances and we miss them.” Maybe it’s beneficial for the future to win that game, to understand we need to do better in front of the mirror.”
Guardiola admitted he was caught off guard by RB Leipzig’s five-man defence and was dissatisfied by his team’s pushing before the interval. In the second half, he also praised Julian Alvarez and Jeremy Doku for their contributions off the bench.
“The reaction was positive, and Julian and Jeremy had a positive impact.” “We put a winger in the lineup, Rico assisted us in playing and doing what we wanted to do, and in the end, we won the game,” he explained.
“February we will be there [in Champions League last-16], second leg will be here, show again we can make comebacks, when we score early second half 45 minutes are so long for the opponents.”
