Manchester City largely lost to Sporting Portugal this Tuesday in the Champions League (4-1).
A very embarrassing result for Manchester City, who was seen as the big favorite of this confrontation and remains stuck at 7 points in the Champions League.
The Mancunians are obviously disappointed and are looking for explanations after such a crushing defeat. “It’s disappointing because we’re in a dark time right now,” he said at the time. Bernardo Silva after the meeting.
“Everything seems to be going in the wrong direction. It seems like this team is going in the wrong direction. Even when we are playing well, we are not taking our chances and we are conceding goals too easily. We definitely need to identify what we are not doing good and we have to improve very quickly, otherwise it will be very difficult to come back after these defeats”, continued the Portuguese player.
A statement which did not fail to make his trainer react, Pep Guardiola. “I don’t agree with him,” he chimed. “We are not in a dark period. On Saturday against Bournemouth we played very badly, but today I don’t think that is the case. At 2-1 a lot of things can happen. Emotionally we We weren’t stable enough and in this competition you need stability.”
“It’s a difficult moment in terms of results, but I want to be there. I want to fight and not give up. I like the challenge that awaits me as a manager. Those who want to follow us will be there.”
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