Jamie Carragher has claimed that Pep Guardiola has “no answers” for Manchester City’s “massive crisis” after suffering another defeat.
Guardiola’s side face a battle to remain in the Champions League after their 2-0 draw against Juventus on Wednesday night left them 22nd in the table.
The result against the Italian giants means City have now recorded just one win in their last 10 games in all competitions as pressure mounts on Guardiola.
It is an unprecedented situation for the Spaniard, who recently signed a new deal with the Premier League champions.
CBS Sports Since then, pundit Carragher has insisted that Guardiola may regret signing that deal and claimed that the City boss currently has “no answers” to his problems.
Speaking on Wednesday night, Carragher said: ‘You can’t believe what you’re seeing! I mean, this is a massive crisis. This was a crisis two or three weeks ago.
Jamie Carragher claims Manchester City are in a ‘big crisis’ after just one win in 10 games
Pep Guardiola’s team suffered a new defeat on their visit to Juventus on Wednesday
City lost for the seventh time in 10 games on Wednesday night when they faced the Italian team.
‘The greatest and most successful coach, possibly, of all time…has no answers for that right now! He has tried different systems, players in different positions…
“He’s never been through this before, so he has no experience in this situation.” There is nothing to fall back on, because it has been very successful in the past!
“I think there are many coaches around the world who look at Pep with a wry smile and think: ‘Finally! Pep Guardiola is going through something that we’ve all gone through at some point in our careers!’
The top 24 teams in the competition will progress to the next round (the top eight will skip the play-offs) and City, who won the competition in the 2022-23 season, are now just one point above the elimination places. .
They will next face Paris Saint-Germain away from home, with the French team occupying the first elimination spot, meaning it could all come down to the final match, which City will play at home against Club Brugge at the end of January .
But Wednesday’s defeat means City have won seven games since their League Cup defeat to Tottenham at the end of October 10 games ago, and there are few signs their fortunes will change any time soon.
After the match, Guardiola admitted that City are now in a fight to stay in the competition.
“It’s the goal,” Guardiola said. ‘We need one point, three points. Going to Paris to try to do it and then the last home game.
Erling Haaland and company could not prevent the Premier League champions from losing again
‘This is the situation because of the match against Feyenoord. Feyenoord, when they were 3-0 up with 15 minutes remaining, created the problems.
‘When we change this we will not forget this period. We will appreciate more what we have done and what we will do in the future.”
Guardiola added: ‘I question myself in good and bad times. The dressing room is stable. You have to stand up. What can we do? Do we feel sorry for ourselves? It’s life, it happens.’
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