adminLONDON. – Manchester City supporters must once again wait to see which version of Pep Guardiola’s team shows up in today’s FA Cup fourth-round game at English Premier League soccer rivals Crystal Palace.
City have won by four goals or more on five separate occasions, but have also fallen to two 4-0 defeats – at Barcelona and more recently Everton – and been beaten five times in the league.
January has been every bit as see-saw, with City winning 5-0 at West Ham United in the FA Cup, losing 4-0 at Everton and then going 2-0 up against Tottenham Hotspur on their last outing, only to draw 2-2.
Faced with the team’s wildly oscillating form, under-pressure goalkeeper Claudio Bravo has told his team-mates: “We must be mentally strong.
“We must keep working hard, keep believing in what we’re doing. It’s the only recipe. It’s not a good feeling looking at how things developed (against Tottenham).
“We had everything to win the game, but it’s the same old story: we had trouble creating chances and the other team, with less options, get the goals.” – AFP.
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