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Guardiola’s side anguish 22nd in the Champions League table, only three places out of automatic elimination from the competition with two games remaining.
The Premier League champions have recorded just one victory in their last 10 games across all competitions.
“We played good, really really good,” Guardiola told reporters. “So we missed the last pass, the last action, of course, some transitions happen, but I’m so proud of these players, they give everything and they tried, and now we live in this period, and hopefully we can change and get results.
“I know it’s difficult, it’s difficult in Champions League in Europe, but we play really good.”
City’s last two matches in the group phase are against Paris St Germain and Club Brugge.
The competition’s new format sees the top eight teams after eight rounds of the league phase advance into the round of 16 and avoid a playoff, which is now almost out of reach for Guardiola’s team.
“We have two games. We need one point maybe, one victory, the last one is at home, and the situation is because the game against Feyenoord (when City gave up a 3-0 lead to draw 3-3) and espe- cially Inter Milan (a 0-0 draw),” the Spaniard said.
“But our three games away were really, really, really tough and you have to accept it. And when we turn around, we don’t forget that period, we appreci- ate more what we have done in the past, what they are going to in the future.”
City host local rivals Manchester United in the Premier League on Sun- day.
Meanwhile, ex-England manager Fabio Capello and former Premier League star Paolo Di Canio have made outrageous remarks on Pep Guardiola and Ederson.
The pair were working as pundits on Sky Sport Italia for Manchester City’s
trip to Juventus.
Capello and Di Canio both tore into
the struggling Cityzens boss before kick-off.
Capello said: “Guardiola is a great coach, but he is far too arrogant and presumptuous.
“At times, he has even lost trophies because he wanted to prove that he was the one winning and not the players, so he dropped key figures from the side in the big games.
“That was, in my view, an attempt to take the spotlight and the credit away from his squad.”
Perhaps the 78-year-old was referenc- ing the 2021 Champions League final they lost to Chelsea 1-0.
Guardiola surprisingly benched both Rodri and Fernandinho for the game and was accused of “overthinking” by fans for choosing Ilkay Gundogan as a lone holding midfielder.
City goalie Ederson, whose blunders helped Feyenoord come back to earn a 3-3 draw at the Etihad a fortnight ago, then came under fire from fellow pundit Di Canio. − SuperSport/Sun.
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