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Thierry Henry passionately defended his former boss Pep Guardiola on Monday night footballbut admitted that the Manchester City manager may be “questioned” for the first time over his poor form.
Henry questioned why Guardiola had allowed goalscoring players such as Riyad Mahrez, Julian Alvarez and Cole Palmer to leave the Etihad without being replaced, and asked where the goals would come from when Erling Haaland is not firing on all cylinders.
City are on a run of eight defeats in their last 12 games after a 2-1 defeat in Sunday’s Manchester derby left them nine points off the top of the Premier League table, having played one more game than the leader Liverpool.
Although they have struggled defensively in Rodri’s absence, Guardiola’s side have also comfortably recorded their lowest goals per game tally of any season since his arrival.
“We all know, this is the first time and we’re allowed to say it, that we can challenge their decisions in the way of letting go of Cole Palmer, Riyad Mahrez, Julian Alvarez,” Henry said.
“Ilkay Gundogan is back and he is not the same Gundogan who scored 17 goals a season.
“You are missing those goals. Erling Haaland is scoring the same goals, some less than in his first season, but he is doing what he usually does.
“I’ve seen him miss goals in every season, but where are the goals from Mahrez, Álvarez or Kevin De Bruyne, Gundogan? Where are those goals?”
Henry said he did not expect Guardiola to resign, just weeks after signing a new two-year contract that would take him until June 2027, but defended the coach he worked with at Barcelona in his first job for the level of consistency he has accomplished. Since then.
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Pep Guardiola says he is “not good enough” after Manchester City lost for the fifth time in the league this season.
“One thing I will say about this team, this is the first time this has happened to them in their career. Let’s not kill the guy or this team for what they are going through,” he said.
“You can never say never (that he could resign), but Pep is not that type of coach. He is very, very hard, mean and intense when you win, because he wants to keep you there.
“And he’s nicer when he’s down. You can see that when the team didn’t play well, he comes out and says, ‘I love my team, they played really well tonight.’
“And sometimes he comes on the field and attacks his team when they win 3-0, you can see him arguing that someone missed a pass.
“I like that. You change when you’re at the top, you try to change so you can stay there. Once you’re here, now you try to be the good guy.”
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Jamie Carragher added that City’s problems only highlighted the level of rebuilding required when his team’s evolution seemed more fluid in previous years, despite having to replace club legends such as Sergio Aguero, David Silva and Vincent Kompany during the era. of Guardiola at the club.
He said: “It’s the first time it’s felt like a rebuild, although there has been one, but they’ve been so successful that they haven’t missed the players you’re talking about.
“This is something that all clubs have gone through. If you look at Jurgen Klopp a couple of years ago, at Man Utd with Sir Alex Ferguson, you look at it and think it will take them a couple of years to get back to what they were.” . .
“Because Pep is so good, you never felt like it was a rebuild, even though it was.
