DBasia.news – Manchester City coach, Pep Guardiola could not explain why his team had lost nine times in the Premier League this season.
Manchester City surrendered when they visited Southampton’s headquarters in the continued English League on Sunday (07/07/2020). Che Adams’ single goal in the first half was enough to overcome the resistance of Pep Guardiola’s elite team.
For Man City, this defeat illustrates the real conditions behind the glittering squad of The Citizens. Having competed in the championship lane and now thrown away, the City is actually fragile.
The unfortunate results at Southampton became the ninth defeat for Manchester Blue in the Premier League this season. Even Wolverhampton Wanderers have fewer defeats than Sergio Aguero and colleagues with a total of 7 times.
If the number of defeats is used as a benchmark, Pep Guardiola officially underwent the worst season in the league arena throughout his coaching career, according to BBC data, as quoted by BolaSport.com.
Prior to this, the most number of defeats suffered by Pep with his team was 6 times in the 2016-2017 season.
In fact, the number of defeats this season has far exceeded the total defeat of Man City in the last two seasons when combined, which is 4 times (2018-2019) and 2 times (2017-2018).
“We played well, but that was not enough to win the match,” Pep said, wondering why his team could lose again, this time from the 13th ranked team.
Manchester City striker, Gabriel Jesus knelt after failing to take advantage of the opportunity to score against Southampton in Week 33 of the Premier League match on Sunday (07/05/2020).
The coach’s alibi is confused by the fact that Man City have been buried in the Premier League this season (81 goals) and the team has faced the fewest shots (249).
That is, their defense was able to filter out the opponent’s attack well.
“We are leading the way in scoring goals, creating lots of chances, and receiving the fewest shots, but we have lost a lot,” Pep told the BBC.
“It’s hard for me to find a reason why (this can happen). This season, our style of play is the same, but that is not enough to win the game,” said the former Barcelona coach.
As a result of losing at Southampton, Man City are 23 points behind Liverpool, the English League champions.
However, The Citizens are still likely to steal two more trophies this season in the FA Cup and Champions League.