Man City 0-4 Tottenham: What is going wrong for the Premier League champions?
Manchester City boss Guardiola reflects on stunning performance 0-4 defeat at home Tottenham Hotspur and tell a simple truth.
“We have to accept reality and break it,” he said.
Guardiola began his post-match press conference by saying “when you lose 4-0, there’s nothing to say” before congratulating Tottenham on their home win over Manchester City. Guardiola then spent considerable time Talk about it. .
After so much success over such a long period of time, the “slip” is inevitable.
That’s partly (but not entirely) how “small details” can cause big problems, in part (but not entirely) due to the number of injuries his team is grappling with.
His faith in his players has not been shaken by what they have achieved for him.
But he will not ignore the reality of five consecutive defeats, which is something he has never experienced as a coach and Manchester City club. The last experience was in 2006, when Stuart Pearce was in charge.
He cannot ignore the fact that Liverpool will move eight points clear with victory over Southampton on Sunday before facing Manchester City at Anfield.
“We have never been through anything like this in eight years. I knew we were going to fail sooner or later. I never thought we would lose three Premier League games in a row, but we have been incredibly consistent time and time again. Now we can’t deny the reality that sometimes happens in football and life is here.”
