Manchester City in free fall: Guardiola loses (2-1) also in Birmingham

Duràn e Rogers dell’Aston Villa mark the ruinous descent of the Guardiola's Manchester City. It's a team that no longer knows how to win, that doesn't have an impact on ball possession, that doesn't go beyond 4-5 shots on goal per game. And above all he no longer knows how to defend as a team. It would seem that the players have given up (does the punishment for the 115 offenses pending against the club sportingly have anything to do with it?) and Foden's final flash in the 93rd minute wasn't enough to change anything. Now we will wait for Guardiola's statements, who had already spoken several times about the fact that no club can keep their coach if they continue to lose.

Of the last twelve matches, City have won just one. Two draws. And he lost nine. They have lost against Tottenham (twice), Bournemouth, Sporting Lisbon, Brighton, Liverpool, Juventus, Manchester United and today Aston Villa.

Deep crisis

In the last month and a half City have only scored 4 points, in 7 games Premier League. That is out of 28 available. They only won against Nottingham Forest and then lost 5, drawing just one. If we also add the draw at home with Feyenoord in the Champions League (3-3) and the defeats against Juventus and Sporting Lisbon (in Portugal even 1-4) then the calculation becomes almost disconcerting. It is a team that no longer scores except when behind and in the final minutes. He has scored 9 goals in the last 7 Premier League matches, but 3 in only one (against Nottingham, in the only victory) and two more in the draw with Crystal Palace.

The first goal is “very simple”. A vertical exit from the bottom frees the man in midfield and then with a combination all the Manchester City defenders are passed at once. Guardiola basically found Aston Villa in front of goal with the ball in four passes.

In the case of the second goal, even Guardiola's defense was more or less deployed, even though it was a negative transition. All it took was a small central penetration and a low left foot that was practically unopposed by anyone on the defensive line.

Here instead the 2-1 in the 93rd minute by Phil Foden, perhaps one of the few to believe it out of attachment. He goes away forcefully, gains space in the area and shoots from inside the area.

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