Man City boss Guardiola blasts own players, fans despite win

Pep Guardiola launched a scathing assault on his Manchester City staff and their supporters, accusing them of complacency, after getting back from 2-0 down at half-time in opposition to Tottenham Hotspur to win 4-2 on the Etihad Stadium on Thursday.

City had been gazing a 3rd defeat in a row after objectives from Dejan Kulusevski and Emerson Royal within the opening interval that led the fans to boo their staff on the interval.

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A surprising second-half comeback that noticed Riyad Mahrez rating twice so as to add to objectives from Julian Alvarez and Erling Haaland allowed City to choose up a significant win to chop the result in Premier League leaders Arsenal to 5 factors.

But Guardiola was nonetheless removed from pleased following the full-time whistle.

“We concede four fouls and we don’t react,” Guardiola advised Sky Sports. “There was nothing from the abdomen and the center, we had been fortunate but when we do not change ultimately we will drop factors.

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“The ardour, hearth, want to win from minute one [was missing]. It’s the identical as our fans, they’re silent for 45 minutes.

“They booed because we we’re losing but maybe it’s the same as our team maybe we re so comfortable winning four Premier Leagues in five years. And after we score a goal they react, but that’s not the point.”

After a Carabao Cup exit to Southampton on Jan. 11, City misplaced 2-1 to native rivals Manchester United within the Premier League on Saturday to depart them in peril of being solid adrift by Arsenal.

Guardiola insisted that they’d proceed to lag behind Arsenal until his staff rediscovered their depth.

Asked if the staff’s hearth had gone out, the Spaniard responded: “Definitely, otherwise we don’t concede the goals we concede every single game. We give them. And today we were lucky, but the day after we will not be lucky.

“I need my fans again, my fans right here. Not my away fans, they’re the perfect.”

Guardiola was not done there as he also took aim at critics who say that his lack of a European trophy during his time at City means his overall record in England, where he has won four Premier League crowns, is not successful.

“We have had a variety of success,” he added in his subsequent news conference. “People say ‘no, he isn’t profitable, as he has not received the Champions League.’ Bulls—.

“We won a lot. In this country, to win the league back-to-back titles, twice, with the way we played, with consistency, against this Liverpool side? What is success?

“I’ve received quite a bit. It means day by day I see issues that you do not see as a result of you aren’t there. I see it.”

Information from Reuters was used on this report.