Pep Guardiola minimize a shocked determine when requested about Ilkay Gundogan’s comment that Manchester Metropolis are ‘over complicating’ components of their sport.
Metropolis suffered a second successive away defeat within the Champions League on Wednesday, falling to a 2-0 defeat to Juventus in Turin.
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Objectives from Dusan Vlahovic and Weston McKennie sunk Man Metropolis to twenty second within the Champions League desk, leaving them one level off the elimination zone with two video games to go.
Man Metropolis midfielder Gundogan spoke to TNT Sports activities after his facet’s seventh defeat in ten and admitted they had been missing in confidence.
“It’s very disappointing,” he mentioned. “We had probabilities to attain just a few targets however in the meanwhile it seems like each assault we concede is simply so harmful.
“I don’t know, I’ve a sense typically we’re a bit careless with duels, as a substitute of taking part in easy we over complicate issues and we missed the precise timing to launch the ball. Simply lose the ball and provides them counter assaults.
“We’re constructed for possession, maintain the ball, be sturdy, in the event you can’t do something do not lose it. In the mean time it’s not figuring out for us.”
He continued: “[Confidence] is a giant a part of it and clearly that is a psychological problem as nicely. You’ll be able to see that. We typically, one motion we miss the ball, lose a duel and also you see that we drop instantly, lose the rhythm, they can break our rhythm with the best of issues. They do not even have to do a lot.
“You must do the straightforward issues nearly as good as doable. Work onerous once more, that is the way you get confidence again, even within the sport in the event you miss one thing, by doing small and easy belongings you get confidence again in the meanwhile we’re at all times doing the flawed issues.
“I really feel like we all know precisely what is going on flawed. In case you take a look at probably the most a part of video games even at this time we truly didn’t play unhealthy, created probabilities, simply missed to attain, in these sort of video games in the event you give away as soon as likelihood it is not simple to bounce again.
“We all know what is going on flawed it is simply discovering the change to show issues round as a result of though we’re not getting outcomes, it does not really feel like we’re far off.
“So long as we do not discover that click on it’ll be robust, the one factor proper now we will do, each single participant must query themselves, to do higher, how the participant can individually sacrifice extra to contribute to the group so we will get collectively again on our approach.”
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However when his supervisor Guardiola got here to analyse the sport, he was visibly shocked by one in all his star’s feedback.
“We performed good, actually, actually good,” Guardiola mentioned. “We missed the final half, the final motion and we arrive, so.
“We concede just a few, some transition occurred. I am so pleased with these gamers, they offer the whole lot they usually tried and we stay on this interval and hopefully we will change the outcomes.
“I do know it is tough the end result. It is tough within the Champions League, in Europe, however we play excellent.”
Requested about Gundogan’s tackle gamers over complicating issues, Guardiola confronted fashioned right into a frown of confusion.
Quizzed on whether or not it was a confidence problem for his gamers, he paused earlier than asking her to make clear what his participant mentioned.
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After Gundogan’s remark was repeated, Guardiola mentioned: “No, no. We’ve got finished it at this time. Different days no, however at this time we have now finished it.
“We’ve got finished actually, very well. We did not lose many balls that [would have] occurred up to now.
“We tried, we arrived within the positions however you recognize, Italian groups defend so deep and compact it is not simple. They are a grasp in these sorts of conditions.
“We performed who we’re, we miss the end result, however the efficiency is there.”
Guardiola is now on his worst ever Champions League run.
For the primary time in his managerial profession, Guardiola has didn’t win three consecutive matches within the group and or league part of the Champions League.
He has as a substitute seen out one draw and two losses.
For the Residents, in the meantime, it’s their longest such run for the reason that 2014/15 marketing campaign, which noticed them draw two and win two.
And that is not the one horror stat on the ever-growing record Guardiola’s off form facet have endured.
Man Metropolis face Manchester United on Sunday within the Premier League.
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