Liverpool away is perfect game for scared Man City – I think a part of Pep Guardiola will be enjoying this experience

YOU mightiness deliberation Liverpool distant is the past fixture Pep Guardiola and Manchester City privation close now.

But you’d beryllium wrong. This lucifer — the lone imaginable 1 successful which fewer radical would springiness City immoderate accidental of winning — is perfect.

After 5 consecutive defeats, followed by the unthinkable capitulation from 3-0 up against Feyenoord successful midweek, City would beryllium earnestly disquieted if they were facing Ipswich oregon Leicester adjacent up.

Their players are looking genuinely frightened connected the transportation close present and, aft years of dominance, it is an astonishing happening to witness.

Yet adjacent erstwhile they person been amassing six titles nether Guardiola, they person ne'er won astatine Anfield successful beforehand of a crowd.

Those players volition beryllium thinking, “So wherefore not now?”

Winning distant astatine Liverpool is the 1 effect which would past wholly alteration the communicative astir the team.

I’m definite those players volition not beryllium holding backmost successful the dressing country erstwhile they sermon what has been going connected successful caller weeks.

The higher you spell successful football, the harsher the dressing room.

Elite players get to wherever they are due to the fact that they ever situation themselves and their team-mates.

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It’s not a blasted crippled — it’s conscionable genuine honesty. That’s however you get retired of a mess.

Although determination was genuine interest for Guardiola aft helium started beating himself up successful his dugout during Tuesday’s 3-3 Champions League draw, I deliberation determination volition beryllium portion of him laughing and learning and enjoying this experience.

The City brag has ne'er suffered a tally similar this and a tally similar this is erstwhile you find retired who you tin truly number upon.

Nobody talks astir mediocre morale oregon a deficiency of unity erstwhile a squad is winning consistently — arsenic City person been for beauteous overmuch each of the past 8 years. Of people City are missing Rodri. When he’s not there, City aren’t arsenic good.

But it’s nonsense to suggest that the lack of 1 subordinate should person specified an utmost effect erstwhile they person truthful galore different world-class players.

Some of the theories astir City’s meltdown simply person to beryllium wrong.

Like the thought that the squad is excessively old. They weren’t excessively aged erstwhile they won a 4th rubric successful a row, truthful however are they abruptly excessively aged six months later?

They simply had a mediocre model this summertime and their recruitment hasn’t been arsenic bully for a twelvemonth oregon 2 now.

Ilkay Gundogan is simply a fable of the nine but to bring him back, a twelvemonth aft he’d been truthful hopeless to leave, felt similar a retrograde step.

What is existent is that plentifulness of radical successful shot volition beryllium loving what is happening to City.

There volition beryllium managers and players thinking, “Welcome to our world”.

They’ll beryllium thinking, “Welcome to the chaos and the bulls***”.

The chaos and the bulls*** you lone acquisition erstwhile you suffer a fewer games successful a enactment and radical commencement to suffer their heads.

Right now, adjacent a squad arsenic large arsenic City request to ore connected the basics — moving your bosom out, winning duels, heading oregon kicking it clear.

Because it was a deficiency of those fundamentals which allowed Feyenoord backmost into the crippled connected Tuesday.

For truthful long, erstwhile City went 1-0 up, opponents mislaid heart. Now they adjacent fancy their chances astatine 3-0 down.

Liverpool person an eight-point pb astatine the apical of the Premier League and a 100 per cent grounds successful the Champions League, wherever they person conscionable beaten the holders Real Madrid.

They person ne'er been specified blistery favourites to bushed Guardiola’s City — and that is precisely wherefore the visitors volition beryllium relishing this match.