Hayters TV
·22 December 2024
Hayters TV
·22 December 2024
Pep Guardiola admits he didn’t expect his Manchester City team to be struggling so much despite pre-season fears.
The reigning champions are way off the pace languishing 12 points behind leaders Liverpool and face a fight to finish in the Champions League places.
The 2-1 defeat at Aston Villa left Guardiola to once again question his own performance as he watched his City team lose their ninth match in 12.
“Always we win a lot of games and titles,” he said.
“I always said that we are going to lose games. Sometimes we win 13 or 14 in a row and we draw one and lose one.
“’What happened? Why did you lose a game?’ It’s football, of course.
“I could start before the season with the little details that I had I my mind, I said that it will be a tough season.
“But I didn’t expect in this way to be honest.”
City return to action on Boxing Day against Everton with the gap to fourth placed Nottingham Forest now at five points.