Ílkay Gündoğan’s words after City’s 2-0 defeat against Juventus in the Champions League
Second-half goals from Dusan Vlahovic and Weston Mkennie secured three points on matchday six of the league stage for the hosts in Turin.
Erling Haaland and Ilkay Gundogan went close for City but were both cleverly denied either side of half-time by Juventus goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio.
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The defeat means Pep Guardiola’s men now have one win in our last ten games in all competitions and Gundogan believes the team’s performances are not far from where they would like to be, but has asked the team to reflect in an attempt to change. results around.
“We know exactly what’s wrong and we know why,” Gundogan reflects. “Still, in most games, we don’t really play badly. We play good football and create chances. We just miss a goal and if you give a chance and they score, it’s not so easy to come back and recover.
“I feel like it’s very obvious to us what’s going wrong. It’s about trying to find the switch to change things. Even though we’re not getting the results right now, I don’t feel like we’re very far from it. That’s my personal feeling. at the moment.
“As long as we don’t find the click, it will be difficult. Each player individually has to ask themselves how to do better, how to sacrifice more and how they can contribute to the team so that we can collectively recover.” on our way.
“What’s more, you have to do the simple things as best as possible. Fast, clean and fluid. That’s how we regain confidence. By doing simple things, you regain confidence. It feels like the crucial moments in the moment when “We are always doing the wrong things.”
City now have eight points from six Champions League games, and the next clash in the competition will be crucial with PSG.
Gundogan believes the team needs to show more physical and mental strength to regain the brilliant form of recent seasons.
“The truth is that it is very disappointing. We had some opportunities to score goals. But at the moment it seems that every attack we concede is very dangerous. Sometimes we are a little careless in duels, instead of playing simply, we complicate ourselves too much” . Things that we miss the right moment to release the ball.
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“We are just losing balls and there are transitions all the time, and we give them counterattacks. We have to chase every time like 50 or 60 meters back, we are not made for that.
“We are made for possession. To keep the ball, you have to be strong. Even if you can’t do anything in the duel, just don’t lose it. At the moment, it’s just not working for us.
“Obviously, that is also a mental problem. You see that sometimes, in an action, we lose the ball or lose a duel, and you see that we fall immediately.
“We lose our rhythm and they can break our rhythm with the smallest things. They don’t have to do much. It has such a big effect on us right now.”
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