Pep Guardiola Accuses His Manchester City Side Of Playing With Fear In Leverkusen Loss

Pep Guardiola has accused Manchester City’s players of performing pinch fearfulness successful their 2-0 conclusion by Bayer Leverkusen. The caput coach made 10 changes for nan Champions League lucifer and said those selected had not taken nan risks needed to triumph .

After 2 consecutive losses, City dream to return to shape erstwhile Leeds sojourn connected Saturday. Daniel Farke’s broadside person won erstwhile successful their past six Premier League games, leaving them successful nan relegation zone. Guardiola is apt to callback galore of those rested from nan commencement connected Tuesday.

“We didn’t effort and successful shot erstwhile you play connected nan greenish you person to effort things and we didn’t try,” Guardiola said of nan nonaccomplishment to Leverkusen. “Maybe I person a mentation to rotate because it’s intolerable to prolong but I had a batch of assurance successful them and I still do. I person a immense worth for what they are arsenic shot players. Maybe I deliberation higher of them than they deliberation astir themselves. It was a bully instruction for me, arsenic knowledgeable arsenic I americium arsenic a head it was a bully instruction for maine for nan future.”

With City playing doubly a week until mid-January, Guardiola will request to trust connected his full squad but immoderate are facing a situation of confidence. “I’m beautiful judge that they, surrounded by different players, will play good,” he said. “I deliberation they played not to make mistakes, not to play to do something. That is truthful difficult. In football, you person to play protect and violative and you person to try. They played to beryllium safe, to not make mistakes and that’s why it’s truthful difficult.”

Guardiola will again beryllium without Rodri, who is absent pinch a hamstring wounded but is “not acold off”.