It is an evening that Manchester City may remember it for a good time. A shivering team of this start of the club World Cup, the training coached by Pep Guardiola had shone by offering the Wydad Cassablanca (2-0), before crushing Al-Aïn (6-0) and offering a real lesson to Juventus (5-2). Arrived with the favorite costume in the face of the Saudi formation of Al-Hilal, Manchester City caught his feet in the carpet. However, threatened 1-0 after 45 minutes, the Mancunians fell in love with the locker room and were overturned. This was followed by the crazy extensions where Marcos Leonardo became the evening hero and the executioner of the Sky Blues.
Failing in this competition where the chances of victories were present, Manchester City comes out through the small door and with a lot of questions for next season. At the Abois, the Defense of Manchester City completely took the water during this part. Parted by his subject, Manchester City will not have met expectations in this club World Cup by quickly leaving competition and disappointment predominates in the English ranks. “”A lot of disappointment, because we wanted to do better, we wanted to go to the quarter -finals, we had a lot of ambition for this competition. But yes, it's football, they were good today“Said Bernardo Silva after the meeting.
Mancunians have it bad
The Portuguese attacking midfielder has completely recognized the generosity he posted with his teammates: “We have not mastered certain situations that we should have managed better. It was a question of controlling the tank losses, of controlling the transitions, of not letting them run, and they ran far too often! With one or two passes, we always felt a danger coming from them. When we let the teams run like that, we always suffer a lot, and today it was the case … What was missing, it was on our side, a little more concentration, a little more organization when we lost the ball to control it, especially in counter-attack.»
The former Monaco player who had a hard time hiding his disappointment tried to keep the course despite everything: “We wanted to continue, we wanted to play a few more games, but now it's over, we're going to rest, we will try to prepare for the next season as best as possible, because we need a few weeks …His coach Pep Guardiola also makes an observation which reveals a certain impotence. Manchester City left the opportunities to Al-Hilal to seek victory as the Catalan technician points out: “We let them run a little too much in transition. We created a lot of opportunities, especially in the first half. We were there, we tried until the end, but unfortunately, we did not succeed. Congratulations to Al Hilal!A defeat that will leave traces on the side of Manchester City. Now place in short vacation while the Premier League will resume in just over a month for the Sky Blues …
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