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Appearing at a press conference with serious marks on his face, Pep Guardiola explained that he wanted to hurt himself.
Things are not getting better for Manchester City. The Citizens have certainly ended their incredible series of five consecutive defeats, in all competitions. However, the English champions were not reassured on Tuesday against Feyenoord. While they led 3-0 shortly after returning from the locker room, the Mancunians completely collapsed in the last quarter of an hour, to the point of conceding a draw (3-3).
Still in shock after this major collapse, Pep Guardiola appeared totally disillusioned at a press conference. “
I don’t know if the error is mental or technical. The 3-1 goal can’t happen, the second goal? This can’t happen to us either,” he confided to the media, adding : “The result was not in danger, they were not attacking us. »
Pep Guardiola wanted to hurt himself…
Pointed out for having brought out Nathan Aké or Ilkay Gündogan, the Spanish technician defended himself. “ Aké was coming back from injury and I didn’t want to play him for 90 minutes, and Gündogan is our only defensive midfielder. I also wanted De Bruyne to gain rhythm. The match was going well, I didn’t think we were going to lose », he whispered, branded with a hot iron. And this literally and figuratively since the former midfielder appeared with impressive scratches on his forehead as well as a scratch on his nose.
And according to him, Pep Guardiola voluntarily inflicted his injuries on himself. “I did this to myself with my finger, with my nail”he explained, adding: “I wanted to hurt myself. » A sequence which did not fail to provoke a reaction and allowed us to talk less about the Citizens’ results crisis…
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