"We can't even go to the European Champions League."
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola, who was in the worst slump ever, delivered a desperate warning message.
'Defending Champ' Manchester City has won four games (1 draw and 3 losses) and three league games (1 draw and 2 losses). After a 2-2 draw at Crystal Palace in the league on the 8th, they lost 0-2 at Juventus in the European Champions League, and lost 1-2 in the Manchester derby on the 16th and 1-2 in the Aston Villa on the 21st, losing three consecutive games. It is the worst crisis in Pep Guardiola's life. Manchester City remains seventh in the league with eight wins, three draws and six losses and 27 points as of the 26th, when it played 17 matches in the English Premier League (EPL). It is four points behind Nottingham Forest (31 points), the top four Maginot Line players in the European Champions League.One point away from fifth-place Bournemouth. This is why it is necessary to win the year-end and New Year's Boxing Day. Starting at 9:30 p.m. on the 26th (Korea Standard Time), Guardiola, who is trying to escape back-to-back losses and a Boxing Day schedule that will lead to an away match at Leicester City on the 29th and a home game against West Ham on the 5th of next month, faced reality.
Manchester City has played in the European Champions League, the most prestigious club competition in Europe, for 14 consecutive seasons. Arsenal played in succession from 1998-2017 and Manchester United from 1996-2014, but after falling into a slump one day, it did not easily regain its past glory. Guardiola said "When I talked before (about the possibility of not playing in the European Champions League), people laughed. They said that qualifying for the Champions League was not a huge success. But I'm well aware of what happened at the club in this country. He was dominant for many years, but he didn't make it to the Champions League for many years." "The only team that has played in the Champions League for the past few years has been Manchester City."Now we are in danger. apparently" the reality pointed out.
In fact, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United stuck to the top four in the Premier League from 2005-2006 to 2008-2009, and at least three of them remained in the top four for at least 15 consecutive seasons until 2012, but Manchester United has not been able to play in the Champions for five of the past 11 seasons and Arsenal for six seasons until their return to the previous season. Liverpool failed to advance to the Champions League in all but one of the seven seasons from 2010, and Chelsea also failed to make the Champions League for the second consecutive season. The shadow of such a crisis is also being felt in Manchester City.
Guardiola, who has lost nine of his 12 games throughout all of the recent tournaments, said "There are a lot of contenders. "Every game is so important for every club, and if we don't win these games, we'll be out." "If we don't make it to the European Champions League, that's because we deserved it. If we weren't prepared and had a lot of problems, it would be because we couldn't solve them."
