Pep Guardiola, trainer of the Manchester City

A BAD BEGINNING

The terrible start of season that has had the Manchester City

Published:17/08/2021 - 03:45h

Updated:17/08/2021 - 09:40h

Although the past course were champions of the Premier and runners-up of the UEFA Champions League, the "citizens" have initiated this course with the left foot

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On 14 March 2007, the Manchester City fell in front of Chelsea 1-0. Afterwards of that party. The "citizens" accumulated three defeats without annotating a goal. Now, in spite of that have happened 14 years and finished transforming in a "club been" and one of the richest of the Premier and of Europe fell (1-0) in front of the Tottenham equalising this funesto record.

"We allow them too much. We arrive to his goal many times, but could not define the sufficiently well. The football are goals. They are it marked and we could not", confessed Pep Guardiola after the third consecutive defeat of his City.

The situation represents a big bajón for a team that, in addition to arriving to the final of the Champions, closed the course happened like champions of the Premier. Now, the "sky blue" have opened the current season being defeated in the Commnunity Shield in front of the Leicester (1-0) and in front of the square of the "spurs" (1-0) in the first day of the Premier.

Something like this did not see in the combined English from March of 2016 with Manuel Pellegrini. "If the City can achieve a leading centre could do a decent season", tuiteó the ex English footballer Gary Lineker.

Harry Kane is the solution?

Many consider that the signing of Harry Kane could be the solution for the problems that ail to the combined directed by Pep Guardiola. Even he has not hid his interest in the forward of the Tottenham, but already has left clear that to the club of the "spurs" does not seem to want to negotiate a traspaso with the City.

"We are interested in him, but if they do not want to negotiate, there is not at all more than speaking. If they want to, we will try it (…) Already I have answered previously. It is footballer of the Tottenham, did an exception... But I do not go to speak more than him", affirmed Guardiola in front of the press recently.

Until then, the signing of Grealish is the only that has done a City to the that seems to be missing him push in the attack. "Have the same players that the past season. Agüero Only could play some parties. We arrive many times, but we could not mark. We are the sufficiently good to create occasions and annotate. We will do it", it reiterated Guardiola.

Problems no recent

The problems of City in the attack are not recent, these saw also during the past season. In fact, the maxima goleadores were Gündogan with 17 goals, Foden (16) were the maxima goleadores of the City. The third was the Brazilian side with 14 goals whereas Agüero only annotated six. The injuries of the Argentinian and of Gabriel Jesús did mella in the offensive approaches of the team.

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