Manchester City continue to struggle – Guardiola doubts himself

Manchester City's misery will never end. In a derby against local rivals Manchester United, the Premier League champions finally collapsed and abandoned the game. After the game, coach Guardiola had a very harsh assessment of himself.

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Manchester City will be looking to get back to winning ways in the domestic Premier League after another loss to Juventus in the Champions League. For a long time, the City Derby against Manchester United looked like a success. The Sky Blues took the lead in the 36th minute thanks to a goal from Josko Gvardiol.

The lead lasted until the 88th minute, but then Matheus Nunes delivered a disastrous pass to goalkeeper Ederson. Amad Diallo stole the ball, and Nunes could only foul in his own penalty area to prevent the goal. Bruno Fernandes confidently took a deserved penalty.

Less than two minutes later, Lisandro Martinez played a long pass to Diallo, who lobbed the ball past Ederson and confidently pushed the ball over the line. Within 115 seconds, Manchester City gave up the derby and suffered its eighth defeat in the eleventh game.

Guardiola: 'I'm not good enough'

Ahead of the big game, manager Pep Guardiola was praised by his own fans with a dance to show their support for the 53-year-old.

At the media conference after the defeat, Guardiola looked visibly frustrated and caused some confusion when he said:

Despite being in a weak position, the Catalans are unlikely to be questioned. His success as head coach of the Sky Blues over the past eight years has been so great that he recently extended his contract until 2027.

Hoylund awards Oscar to Walker

In the derby, Manchester United forward Rasmus Hoylund received a yellow card in the 40th minute for unsporting conduct towards Kyle Walker. The 21-year-old Dane later accused the England defender of his behaviour.

After the game, Hoylund posted on Instagram, describing: “Manchester is red, violets are blue, what a performance but the Oscar goes to…” and Added a photo with Kyle Walker and more. .

Crisis after Rodri's injury

What the Triple Crown lacks most in the 2022/23 season is the injured Rodri. This year's Ballon d'Or winner suffered a torn cruciate ligament against Arsenal in mid-September.

In the subsequent games, Manchester was able to win but often failed to convince and also encountered strong opponents. What's particularly surprising is that City only lose 2.5% of their games with Rodri on board, but that rises to 35% when the Spaniard is out.

Two wins for two different teams

Meanwhile, Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim experienced his first Manchester derby. The Red Devils won again after suffering two consecutive defeats. For Amorim, it was the second win of the season against Manchester City and the second team.

Ruben Amorim scored his second win of the season against Manchester City.Image: trapezoid

The Portuguese watched on as Sporting Lisbon beat Citizen 4-1 in early November and was delighted with the victory.

Despite the win over their city rivals, United remain in 13th place, but just five points behind Manchester City, who are in fifth place after the defeat and are therefore unfit to compete in the Champions League. Reasonable and well-founded.