Man City have (almost) the worst defense in Europe for two months

Thomas Siniecki, Media365: published on Friday December 27, 2024 at 7:04 p.m.

With only one victory in twelve matches, it was difficult to hope for better for the Citizens who were completely at bay.

Behind the 28 goals conceded by Heidenheim in all competitions since November, only Manchester City has done worse over this period among the teams of the five major European championships, with 26 goals conceded in this period and therefore in eleven matches: Bournemouth (2-1), Sporting Portugal (4-1), Brighton (2-1), Tottenham (0-4), Feyenoord (3-3), Liverpool (2-0), Nottingham (only victory 3-0), Crystal Palace (2-2), Juventus (2-0), Man Utd (1-2), Aston Villa (2-1) and Everton (1-1). This is a statistic which still perfectly describes the catastrophic situation of the Citizens for two months.

Nice donkey cap in France

On October 26, after the victory against Southampton (1-0) on the ninth day of the Premier League, Pep Guardiola’s men were at the top of the championship with one point ahead of Liverpool. They were also in the top 3 of the Champions League after three days and were not yet eliminated in the League Cup, which is now the case while they occupy 22nd place in C1 (after six matches).

Certainly, at the strict level of the Premier League, Manchester City has still conceded fewer goals than Southampton and Leicester since the 10th day (respectively 18 and 23 goals conceded) but these two teams do not play in any European competition, which Heidenheim suffers from. also since the German club is involved in the Conference League. For comparison, in Ligue 1, it is Brest and Nantes who have the worst record over this period in the championship alone, with twelve goals conceded. But if we extend this calculation, as for Heidenheim or City, to all competitions, it is OGC Nice which wears the dunce cap in France with 19 goals conceded since November, nine in the league but especially nine in the Europa League (2-2 against Twente, 1-4 against Glasgow Rangers, 2-1 at Union Saint-Gilloise) and one in the Coupe de France (1-1 against Corte before qualifying on penalties). aim).