Former Premier League striker Chris Sutton says Manchester Metropolis’s Champions League defeat by Bodo/Glimt has given Pep Guardiola “pointless stress”.
Metropolis now have work to do subsequent week in opposition to Galatasaray to keep away from dropping into the play-off locations within the league part.
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“A superb evening for the folks of Bodo and an evening the place their crew completely deserved the victory in opposition to the mighty Manchester Metropolis,” Sutton informed BBC Radio 5 Stay’s Soccer Every day podcast.
“Guardiola went with a robust crew however that they had a plan to take care of it and it labored.
“Clearly, defence is an space the place Metropolis are missing. I felt for Max Alleyne, who had a tough time in opposition to and was poor for the primary two objectives in opposition to Bodo.
“After all, no [Ruben] Dias and [Josko] Gvardiol, so that they have points defensively. They’ve purchased in Marc Guehi, who will enhance that backline.
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“Metropolis have issues. They’ve given themselves a little bit of a mountain to climb by way of qualifying within the high eight and avoiding the play-offs.
“Guardiola already has an harm disaster so that they’ve nonetheless bought work to do.
“From Metropolis’s perspective, it is crucial that they reply in opposition to on the weekend.”
One other fear for Guardiola would be the efficiency of Rodri, who was dismissed for 2 yellow playing cards and continues to battle after his return from a long-term ACL harm.
“It is easy accountable the pitch however, actually in that second half, he didn’t look cell,” Sutton added.
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“Horrible decision-making from him to choose up his second yellow card inside a minute of his first. He wasn’t pondering straight.
“He is one in all Pep’s reliables, any individual he’s presupposed to belief, however it was beginner hour from Rodri.
“That may be a actual fear however he is not the one one who had a poor evening.
“They’ve triggered themselves an issue. It was a poor efficiency, they did not reply from the Manchester derby defeat, they usually’ve given themselves pointless stress.”