Manchester Metropolis supervisor Pep Guardiola has responded to questions over his future on the membership following the most recent setback in an more and more difficult marketing campaign.
The Catalan coach and his gamers succumbed to a massively disappointing exit from the UEFA Champions League final week within the newest troublesome efficiency and end result throughout a hard season for the membership.
Defeats to the likes of Sporting CP, Juventus, and Paris Saint-Germain within the league section format of the Champions League resulted in a twenty second place end and a play-off tie with Actual Madrid for a spot within the last-16.
And the gulf in high quality between the 2 golf equipment confirmed throughout each legs as Los Blancos got here from behind to win 2-3 on the Etihad Stadium, earlier than a Kylian Mbappe hat-trick handed out a 3-1 defeat on the Santiago Bernabeu for Manchester Metropolis.
Metropolis’s exit from European competitors now leaves them with only one probability at silverware this marketing campaign as they taken on Plymouth Argyle within the fifth spherical of the FA Cup, with a top-four end within the Premier League being the primary objective for the membership within the closing months.
Talking within the aftermath of Manchester Metropolis’s damning exit from Europe’s premier membership competitors, Pep Guardiola’s future on the Etihad Stadium was quizzed by the media, and significantly whether or not he desires to stay as head coach.
“Sure. Sure. Sure… I wish to proceed at Manchester Metropolis,” Guardiola responded with out hesitation throughout an trade with Spanish media.
Issues had not bought any higher for Pep Guardiola within the aftermath of such feedback nonetheless, as his facet fell to a 0-2 house defeat to Liverpool simply days later, growing the hole to the Merseyside membership to twenty factors.
Arne Slot’s facet are anticipated to assert their first Premier League title because the Covid-hit 2019/20 marketing campaign, and within the course of finish Manchester Metropolis’s run of 4 successive English top-flight titles.
Subsequent up for Pep Guardiola and Manchester Metropolis is a visit to North London to tackle Tottenham Hotspur within the reverse fixture between the 2 golf equipment, after Ange Postecoglou’s facet inflicted a 0-4 scoreline upon the reigning Champions on the Etihad Stadium earlier this marketing campaign.