Manchester City head coach and manager, Pep Guardiola has told his players not to feel sorry but to accept challenges.
Guardiola’s side has not been in good form since mid of October when they lost seven games in a raw and now they are struggling to bounce back in its winning ways.
Pep Guardiola demanded his Manchester City players to accept the challenge as the defending Premier League champions look struggling this season.
City fell behind twice in Saturday’s 2-2 draw at Selhurst Park, where Rico Lewis scored a second-half equaliser before he was sent off, ruling him out of next Sunday’s Manchester derby.
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Speaking to the Premier League media team ahead of the Champions’ League clash on Wednesday night, Pep Guardiola said, “I said to the players: don’t feel sorry, please”.
“Accept the challenge, now it’ll be more difficult and maybe at the end we’ll have more satisfaction in the way we’re going to behave in these problems than maybe in other seasons that we won the PL title”.
Guardiola was missing seven potential starters through inj*ry for the trip to south London and he said: “It’s football, and we know that this season will be like this.
On the Premier League table, Manchester City positioned fourth with 27 points, eight behind league leaders Liverpool, who have a game in hand after their Merseyside derby was postponed by Storm Darragh.
