Pep Guardiola has this thing of being dismissive and short in interviews when City get beat or draw. A bit of a sarky grin which sort of implies “it’s a one off, we were only 99%”.
No wins in 4 now and he may need to actually engage and accept that his team is very good but no longer an accumulation of the best players there are. The press, and their fans, will eventually expect him to engage with the post match interviewsers and explain what when wrong and how he’ll course adjust.
This summer they reigned their spending in to be FFP compliant, which meant they had to compete in the (top of the) market with everyone else (apart from Chelsea who are trying to buy the league again). Average buys means they are back in the (top) pack and he will have to earn his pay.
About time
No wins in 4 now and he may need to actually engage and accept that his team is very good but no longer an accumulation of the best players there are. The press, and their fans, will eventually expect him to engage with the post match interviewsers and explain what when wrong and how he’ll course adjust.
This summer they reigned their spending in to be FFP compliant, which meant they had to compete in the (top of the) market with everyone else (apart from Chelsea who are trying to buy the league again). Average buys means they are back in the (top) pack and he will have to earn his pay.
About time