Guardiola jokes about his strange scratches on his head: “I want to hurt myself…”

An image that soon went viral and spread around the world. Pep Guardiola, after 3-3 against Feyenoord (which led 3-0 in the 74th minute), speaking to the press with a head full of scratches. Minutes after the general confusion, he explained it with some irony at a press conference.

“With my fingers, with my nails… I want to hurt myself,” he declared. with a smile before leaving the Etihad Stadium press room.

With my fingers, with my nails… I wanted to hurt myself

Pep Guardiola

The coach, who has accumulated six games without winning in Manchester (his worst streak at the Etihad, with five consecutive defeats before this tie in the Champions League), He is experiencing his most delicate moment on a sporting level since arriving in the north of England. And Liverpool, in the Premier League, visits Anfield.

The images of Pep during the match, in fact, confirmed the intensity with which the Sampedor player lives each game. Even at 3-0 I wasn't calm. The 3-1 score, after a mistake by Gvardiol, made it crazy. Then, at a press conference, he justified the central defender: “He is very young. He will learn. I will be very wrong if I point the finger at him, and he is a fantastic boy. Now, more than ever, he needs help…”

Guardiola's analysis

After the game, speaking to the press, Guardiola analyzed the tie:

“It has been difficult for us, we were playing well, with confidence, but something has happened. I don't know if it is a mental or technical issue. These goals against cannot happen. Normally we manage the games well, but we are not winning them, that is the feeling that we have right now,” he said.

And he added: “The positive side is that Haaland has scored again and Rico Lewis' performance has been very good. After 3-3 there is not much to say, we played a good game but you can't go like that. The “The last three games are going to be crucial, we have to think about recovering. If we are not able to win a game like this, this Champions League will be difficult. We need to rest and think about the next game.”