It changed into as soon as but every other wretched night as defensive blunders saw Feyenoord strike three occasions inner Quarter-hour and what might well well perchance also had been a self perception boost for Metropolis became into one thing else however.
Reuters
27 November, 2024, 12:Forty five pm
Final modified: 27 November, 2024, 12:51 pm
Manchester Metropolis boss Pep Guardiola is no longer one to point the finger at his gamers and despite a calamitous 3-3 blueprint at residence to Feyenoord in the Champions League on Tuesday after they threw away a three-purpose lead the Spaniard stuck by his team again.
Metropolis glean themselves in uncharted territory, now mired in a six-game mosey after they arrived at the Etihad Stadium for Tuesday’s match on the heels of 5 straight losses, along side a 4-0 rout by Tottenham Hotspur final weekend.
It changed into as soon as but every other wretched night as defensive blunders saw Feyenoord strike three occasions inner Quarter-hour and what might well well perchance also had been a self perception boost for Metropolis became into one thing else however.
“It changed into as soon as no longer valuable to direct one thing else to (the gamers), they understand it perfectly,” Guardiola mentioned. “It’s what it is, refined to swallow now. We give away especially the principle one and after we’re no longer accurate ample.”
A double from Erling Haaland and a purpose from Ilkay Gundogan had the home fans cheering sooner than Anis Hadj Moussa pulled one relief for Feyenoord in the Seventy fifth minute when he pounced on a awful relief plod from their Croatia defender Josko Gvardiol.
One other sloppy plod by the 22-year-feeble led to Santiago Gimenez making it 3-2 seven minutes later sooner than David Hancko equalised for the Dutch facet in the 89th minute.
“He’s so young, he’ll learn,” Guardiola mentioned of Gvardiol, who seemed distraught after Feyenoord’s second purpose. “… I will seemingly be so unhealthy if I point particular issues at him. He’s an unprecedented player, improbable boy and bigger than ever might well well perchance also just peaceable be helped.”
On the tip of the game the crowd booed Metropolis, who dropped to 15th in the 36-team table on eight facets, two facets off the tip eight who qualify robotically for the final 16, with the next 16 facets coming into a two-leg playoff to take a look at out to hitch them.
“They come here to no longer obtain in mind the success previously, however to peek the team obtain,” Guardiola mentioned of the shell-panicked Metropolis supporters. “With out a doubt they are fully appropriate to particular what they feel. With out a doubt (they are) disappointed.”
Feyenoord manager Brian Priske changed into as soon as beaming with pride after his team became the principle in Champions League history to blueprint after trailing by three dreams as leisurely because the Seventy fifth minute.
“I correct admire that be conscious resilience and that’s the rationale what these boys hang,” he mentioned.
Guardiola’s facet next face one in every of their toughest exams of the season after they talk over with Premier League leaders Liverpool on Sunday. A loss would leave Metropolis 11 facets adrift of the Reds.
Asked if he might well well perchance also snatch his gamers for a pleasing scenario, Guardiola mentioned: “We must, we now must. It be my job.”
