‘Something is missing’ – Pep Guardiola fears Man City will miss out on Champions League and hints at MORE transfers

PEP GUARDIOLA has admitted his Manchester City squad person mislaid their fearfulness factor.

And unless helium tin assistance them rediscover it quickly, they look missing retired connected Champions League shot adjacent year.

City’s mini-revival was ended by Paris Saint-Germain connected Wednesday — and they volition beryllium tested again erstwhile top-four rivals Chelsea sojourn the Etihad connected Saturday.

Guardiola has noticed however much teams are present acceptable to spell toed to toed erstwhile they sojourn the location of the Prem champs.

He said: “Before, teams ne'er did man-marking. I retrieve everyone came present to the Etihad and stayed back.

“The archetypal squad I saw man-marking was Neil Warnock astatine Cardiff. And after, Gian Piero Gasperini with Atalanta.

“Now everyone does it, it doesn’t substance to them.

“You person to adapt, bash it amended with the ball, different you are not qualifying for the Champions League.

“Chelsea are not successful it this year, Manchester United are not successful it — it tin hap to us.”

A triumph implicit his aged apprentice Enzo Maresca’s Blues would enactment City backmost successful the apical four.

But they volition beryllium severely tested adjacent period arsenic they instrumentality connected Arsenal, Liverpool, Newcastle and Tottenham.

Pep added: “There is thing I’m missing and I person to observe it quickly.

“The players tally a batch but the different teams play better. They person much physicality and strength but each the teams are amended astatine that than us, for the age, for galore things.

“The toughest and quickest players we had decided to leave.”

City volition person their caller signings Omar Marmoush, Abdukodir Khusanov and Vitor Reis successful the squad but each are apt to beryllium connected the bench.

Asked if determination could beryllium much caller faces coming this window, Pep said: “Yeah, maybe.”