Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola reacts during the Champions League opening signifier shot lucifer betwixt Manchester City and Feyenoord astatine the Etihad Stadium successful Manchester, England, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. (Martin Rickett/PA via AP)
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola clarified that his comments connected scratching himself aft his squad drew against Feyenoord 3-3 were not intended to marque airy of a superior issue.
“I was caught disconnected defender with a question astatine the extremity of a property league past nighttime astir a scratch which had appeared connected my look and explained that a crisp fingernail had accidentally caused this,” Guardiola said.
“My reply was successful nary mode intended to marque airy of the precise superior contented of aforesaid harm. I cognize that galore radical conflict with intelligence wellness issues each day…,” helium said. The station besides had details of helpline numbers and email addresses for radical who needed help.
Towards the extremity of the conference, Guardiola, who had a people connected his chemoreceptor and had reddish bruising connected his caput was asked astir his quality by a reporter. Guardiola astatine the clip said that helium wanted to ‘harm himself’, earlier laughing and walking retired of the conference.
Manchester City person experienced 1 of their worst runs of forms since the Spaniard took implicit arsenic manager. The Citizens had mislaid 5 games successful a enactment anterior to this Champions League lucifer and were looking to apprehension the slide. Against Feyenoord, the English champions were coasting and up by 3 goals. And past inexplicably crumbled.
Midfielder Ilkay Gundogan aboriginal said, “Sometimes you volition conflict successful immoderate games, nary substance who the hostile is. Even erstwhile you play astatine location against a broadside you should dominate, you volition concede chances due to the fact that each squad is bully capable close present to make something. But past 75 minutes, 3-0 up and controlling the game, past ugh, giving it distant truthful easily. They besides were ruthless. It is astir apt much america to blasted but they conscionable punished america successful each concern they got, scoring 3 goals. Obviously it is precise pugnacious to take.”