Is Pep Guardiola feeling the pressure being behind Liverpool, Arsenal and Villa?
Pep Guardiola, the long time Manchester City manager, has come out and had somewhat of an outburst when he was asked if he was worried about winning the League this year. Manchester City have recently hit a bad run of games and he came out and didn’t sound too happy with some ex-player-now-pundits opinions, and when he sat down with the media before the Luton game he looked and sounded frustrated with the amount of pressure his team is under this season.
Manchester City have only won one of their last five Premier League matches and have recently hit a bad run of form. You can only imagine that winning the treble would take it out of you, but if you want to be the best, you have to be doing stuff that nobody has done before, and Pep will be judged a lot on what he can do with his squad this season.
Frustrations began to show when he began to talk about pundits and what they had done in the game, and said this “he knows how difficult it is, Gary Neville would’ve won four Premier Leagues (in a row) in the best period of Manchester United. But he didn’t do it, you know?”
“Jamie Carragher didn’t win one once. Michah Richards didn’t win four Premier Leagues in a row. Never, Ever. It’s never happened. There is more chance of it not happening than happening. Just one treble before us. It’s so difficult to do it again and again. We don’t have what many others have, who haven’t done it for many many years.”
Which obviously caught the attention of a lot of football fans and the ex-player pundits themselves and sparked a few conversations over the pressure Pep seems to be under this season. This can only be a good thing for Arsenal, City are beginning to fold under the pressure a bit and it looks like, last season has done a number on them but it is Manchester City and they have been so dominant for years, I don’t think they can be ruled out till the end of the season but with a lot more competition this season, it looks like a tall task.
Arsenal will need to stay solid and clinical going forward, every point is important and after the loss to Aston Villa on the weekend, every point looks that much more important if we want to challenge again for the title this season.
What’s your thoughts Gooners?
Daisy Mae
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He’ll rue those swipes of his. Pressure or not, the tittle will not be laced with white and sky blue ribbons this season.
Tittle tattle 😉😉
We’ve not played well this season, yet are four points off the top after a hard run of fixtures.
No KDB, hardly any Stones. The unbelievable Gundo gone, and Mahrez. Quite a season of transition after the extraordinary feats of last season, which also included a World Cup. Rodri played 20 games more than some regular Arsenal players.
Worth remembering that we only really get going in the New Year, and are experts at at chasing the leaders down – Liverpool, United, Arsenal all in recent years, and indeed in our last title win in 1968, we overtook United on the last day.
And no club has won the title four years in a row. But we like making records!
In Pep Guardiola, we have a spanteanos revolutionist and tactical innovator with meticulous coaching methods and whoever acquires his service will always embrace a serial winner.
But the legend is under pressure and is feeling the heat, not known to put his mouth on the ground when speaking, he says he and his treble winning players have enjoyed being ‘stroke like a cat ‘ far too long after their recent success and it is time they were given a shake.
The Citizens recently were not only beaten by the Villans, but outplayed out smart and out run, how the score sheet remain one nil as the dust settles did not give a true picture of the game.
I was once taken to the cleaners for saying, the aging KDB and the subsequent jumping of ship of Ilkay Gundogan and Mahrez, will have a severe impact on the blue half of Manchester.
The Spaniard is known for making wayward statements before and there is no doubt minds games is a favorites topic in his play book, but you have to look closely to realize a shaggy dog is sweating as its covered most time by long hairs.
They will be fine come the business end of the season, as always. No Gundegon, Marhez, and KDB is why they’ve struggled.
Obviously two of those are permanently gone, but they have more adapted by the second half of the season.
Really thought some Gooners would have learnt from 12 months ago and been more humble
This time last year everyone was saying something wasn’t right about City
We have learned Dan, and am not saying we are going to lift the big mug this time around.
One thing for sure, this is a much open and exciting race than the last campaign of a two horse race.
As many as six team could figure prominently this time around
Not sure what you guys are on about. How many gooners wrote off MC last season or have suggested that they are not contenders this season?
Saying Pep Guardiola is under heat is not learning from last year
City were in a worse play last season and went on to put on a run to win the title
Yes. Unfortunately, we’ve made too many mistakes to capitalize on Man City’s title-fatigue
Well well, will this be a defining moment in the 2023 – 2024 campaign for the Spanish legend, only time will tell.
Surely the Spaniard hsa suffered dips in form before and recovered well to damage.
In the early part of the recently concluded campaign the Citizens had to come from 2 – 0 down against the Spuds to avoid a third successive defeat.
He label the bunch the’Happy flowers ‘ after
the game, accusing them of lacking concentration.
One could argue it was the turning point in the treble winning campaign, but something tells me he just has a feeling this time is different.
Gai, Arsenal have only lost two games. City lost more than that last season and still won Epl. We all need to know Epl is more competitive this season than the last. Many coaches and teams have recruited many good players our Boys aren’t doing bad. Losing to difficult NewCastle and Villa at home won’t define our season. I see an Arsenal team much more difficult to break down. If not for some Raya errors we would probably be at the summit.
Maybe he knows that he’s lost too many senior players to win EPL again
I think many people will bet on Liverpool to win it
* reply to Gunsmoke
It will be a much closer season imo. More teams are looking more likely to really compete. I’m far from suggesting that City will not make it 4 in a row but to assume that the emerging clubs won’t make it harder for them is silly.
Competition is much better overall rather than more of the same candidates. Look how few clubs have won the Prem!
We need to improve our away form against the big teams.
1-0 Newcastle
1-0 Villa
2-2 Chelsea
This is a bad record against teams lurking in the top 5 (bar Chelsea, but they used to be a big club).
I partially agree with you Dajuhi. But really this loses were somehow circumstancial in nature. This two games we dominated. Considering how competitive the Epl is this season, Arsenal aren’t doing bad we have only lost 2 games out of 16. We can still win the laegue. Liverpool will still have their own downsides..
Don’t rely on your new year exploits mate. That’s not gonna be the case this time around. The invincibles record is still there though, fancy making that record also? lol
Considering City’s recent poor run of form, they are still only 3 points behind us. Replacing Gundogan in midfield has been difficult for them and has put extra pressure on Rodri. They are definitely more vulnerable than last season but can we capitalise on it? If we have a long run in the UCL it could affect our chances of winning the EPL – we just don’t have City’s strength in depth. Last season was different we exited Cup competitions early in the season and still fell short of winning the EPL. I still hold the view that if we go long in Europe and our domestic Cup competitions, we could end up with nothing again. I believe that Arteta has some hard choices to make in the coming months. My opinion, for what it’s worth? Concentrate on the EPL the World’s best football league.