For over the past few season's Manchester City under Guardiola's watch, Manchester City has not faced with the kind of result they're getting in the past two - five games of their games, and it will definitely have a psychological effect on both the manager and the players, and affect their performance the more, especially when the taticts that was working perfectly seem not to be working at all, and witnessing your squad hit back to back draws and defeat as seen now, from one lose to one draw to another lose.
People fail to understand that in life whatever has a beginning also has an end. What we are seeing now is the end of of era. Pep Guardiola has led Manchester City to to highest level and just as the force of gravity, it's time to fall down. Check the history of so many top clubs they got to a height and began to lose their too performance. Mancity fans need to accept that the days of winning trophies every season are over. A team that gave out a three-goal advantage to an average European side is facing a serious problem. Pep should leave the club now the ovation is loud. 
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Don't forget that Liverpool is playing with the 14th time champion and for that reason why shouldn't feel that Liverpool would be the winner of the game. Real Madrid can surprise us with a brilliant performance and draw the match or if possible win the match. Winning Leganes 3-0 is a good motivation for them to believe that victory is possible despite playing away.
I think Real Madrid is too erratic at the moment and Liverpool is a beast of a team in their home stadium at Anfield Road. This doesn't mean it is an automatic loss as Real Madrid has too high quality players, but it is going to be a real challenge and Real Madrid has all the pressure while Liverpool is all set since they won their games so far. Real Madrid on the other hand understand that a loss could get them in serious trouble for this Champions League season as they want to avoid playing in the play-off phase against another big team as that could mean the end for them. If we have to compare Liverpool and Real Madrid I think at this moment it is going to be Liverpool which will have the upper hand. Because even though Real Madrid is in the second position of the La Liga table, the performance is not consistent and not reliable as well. But on the other hand, the performance from Liverpool seems to be very reliable right now. The only reason people are even giving Real Madrid a chance in this match is because Real Madrid is a great team when it comes to performing well in the Champions League competition. Otherwise, I think almost everyone would have counted Real Madrid out for this match. And I still think that Real Madrid is not going to win this match against Liverpool tomorrow...
For over the past few season's Manchester City under Guardiola's watch, Manchester City has not faced with the kind of result they're getting in the past two - five games of their games, and it will definitely have a psychological effect on both the manager and the players, and affect their performance the more, especially when the taticts that was working perfectly seem not to be working at all, and witnessing your squad hit back to back draws and defeat as seen now, from one lose to one draw to another lose.
Pep is facing a curse with Man City. It is very unfortunate that this situation can happen to a team that dominated almost all matches last season. Even if they lose or get a draw, then we will see their opponents who are also teams with the same strength. But now we can see, how Man City in the last 6 matches faced a bad situation. Facing Liverpool in the Premier League, maybe Man City will extend the bad results. But hopefully, it doesn't last until the match against Juventus. A team's development and decline are natural, but what happened to Man City made some fans disbelieve.
Sporting have lost a good coach which assuming he continues with them, they will go far and if possible win their domestic league but all those dreams have been shattered after Amorim left the club. This was why Arsenal was able to whip their ass mercilessly without reserve.
However, Arsenal are good people and they don't like other clubs outside EPL to embarrass their fellow EPL club, for that reason they have revenged City defeat from Sporting. Arsenal's performance was pretty good yesterday, they have started doing better after the international break.
There is no connection between these games, and there is no revenge, the reason is that City are not doing well in defense at the moment, which Sporting and Feyenoord were able to take advantage of. Maybe the reason Sporting played poorly yesterday against Arsenal was because they let Amorim go, or maybe not, because it is the same team as last week, but with a different coach. Amorim managed to leave Sporting beautifully, now let's see what he can achieve at Manchester United. However, Arsenal are good people and they don't like other clubs outside EPL to embarrass their fellow EPL club, for that reason they have revenged City defeat from Sporting. Arsenal's performance was pretty good yesterday, they have started doing better after the international break.
Just how can you mess up this big? 
Manchester City first looked like they were going to start fixing things from somewhere. But they managed to give away a 3-0 lead so easy. Even in a home game against Feyenoord...
I really don't understand what's going wrong on the side of Guardiola's team. He also tried to harm himself by going crazy probably after that insane comeback. He needs to collect himself first before taking an action about this.
For over the past few season's Manchester City under Guardiola's watch, Manchester City has not faced with the kind of result they're getting in the past two - five games of their games, and it will definitely have a psychological effect on both the manager and the players, and affect their performance the more, especially when the taticts that was working perfectly seem not to be working at all, and witnessing your squad hit back to back draws and defeat as seen now, from one lose to one draw to another lose. Manchester City first looked like they were going to start fixing things from somewhere. But they managed to give away a 3-0 lead so easy. Even in a home game against Feyenoord...
I really don't understand what's going wrong on the side of Guardiola's team. He also tried to harm himself by going crazy probably after that insane comeback. He needs to collect himself first before taking an action about this.
Sporting was destroyed by the London cannon. 
The difference of 4 goals is quite large, it should not have happened. They did not look to have beaten Man City in the previous match. Arsenal managed to stop a series of fantastic Sporting records that are unbeaten in 18 without a losing record. This breaks the record set by Amorim, new coach Joao Pereira is unable to continue the good trend. But I also see something different with Sporting's current game. But outside of Sporting, I see Arsenal playing very well. They played more effectively in the final finish. This is not owned by Sporting with Pereira.
After being unbeaten in the previous 4 matches including when beating Manchester City, precisely I was quite surprised to see their performance in the match against Arsenal, it is undeniable if Amorim has given a lot of influence and also a positive improvement to the sporting squad, but I actually didn't expect at all that they could be so fast have such a severe decline in performance, even gyokeres who has been their mainstay were not able to do much in the match after get strict guarding, I saw Saliba and Gabriel able make gyokeres lose he ability in the match, it was recorded that he were only able to fire two accurate shots at Raya goal and one of them was when Raya dismissed the ball on the goal. The difference of 4 goals is quite large, it should not have happened. They did not look to have beaten Man City in the previous match. Arsenal managed to stop a series of fantastic Sporting records that are unbeaten in 18 without a losing record. This breaks the record set by Amorim, new coach Joao Pereira is unable to continue the good trend. But I also see something different with Sporting's current game. But outside of Sporting, I see Arsenal playing very well. They played more effectively in the final finish. This is not owned by Sporting with Pereira. Raya managed to thwart Gyokeresgolden opportunity to score a goal.
Leverkusen, Arsenal and Atlanta where the teams that really got me impressed and caught my attention so much in yesterday's games, sporting CP lost in the same place where they won Manchester City though under different managers but I love the strength and continued attempts sporting made, Arsenal at some point understood they were going to win but it wasn't going to be an easy one, the second half was very entertaining and yet a good play by both side and Arsenal was deserving of the victory they had. I wish Leverkusen will be able to maintain this form in the champions League, it would be their best achievement for this season as they haven't had such performance at the UCL before.
Sporting was destroyed by the London cannon. The difference of 4 goals is quite large, it should not have happened. They did not look to have beaten Man City in the previous match. Arsenal managed to stop a series of fantastic Sporting records that are unbeaten in 18 without a losing record. This breaks the record set by Amorim, new coach Joao Pereira is unable to continue the good trend. But I also see something different with Sporting's current game. But outside of Sporting, I see Arsenal playing very well. They played more effectively in the final finish. This is not owned by Sporting with Pereira.
Sporting have lost a good coach which assuming he continues with them, they will go far and if possible win their domestic league but all those dreams have been shattered after Amorim left the club. This was why Arsenal was able to whip their ass mercilessly without reserve. The difference of 4 goals is quite large, it should not have happened. They did not look to have beaten Man City in the previous match. Arsenal managed to stop a series of fantastic Sporting records that are unbeaten in 18 without a losing record. This breaks the record set by Amorim, new coach Joao Pereira is unable to continue the good trend. But I also see something different with Sporting's current game. But outside of Sporting, I see Arsenal playing very well. They played more effectively in the final finish. This is not owned by Sporting with Pereira. However, Arsenal are good people and they don't like other clubs outside EPL to embarrass their fellow EPL club, for that reason they have revenged City defeat from Sporting. Arsenal's performance was pretty good yesterday, they have started doing better after the international break.
Sporting was destroyed by the London cannon. The difference of 4 goals is quite large, it should not have happened. They did not look to have beaten Man City in the previous match. Arsenal managed to stop a series of fantastic Sporting records that are unbeaten in 18 without a losing record. This breaks the record set by Amorim, new coach Joao Pereira is unable to continue the good trend. But I also see something different with Sporting's current game. But outside of Sporting, I see Arsenal playing very well. They played more effectively in the final finish. This is not owned by Sporting with Pereira.
The difference of 4 goals is quite large, it should not have happened. They did not look to have beaten Man City in the previous match. Arsenal managed to stop a series of fantastic Sporting records that are unbeaten in 18 without a losing record. This breaks the record set by Amorim, new coach Joao Pereira is unable to continue the good trend. But I also see something different with Sporting's current game. But outside of Sporting, I see Arsenal playing very well. They played more effectively in the final finish. This is not owned by Sporting with Pereira. 
Barcelona defeated Brest with 3-0 goals, can be considered a big achievement with such goals different.. after the match started, Barcelona took the control in the Field and went to attacking mode. They made many mistakes. That's why even after They did several attack within few minutes, Brest's goalkeeper gave his best effort to defend the ball as well. But he accidentally jump on Barcelona's player which was cause plenty and Robert Lewandowski successfully Scored a goal at 10th minutes. The match was keep going and thus 1st half end. After the start of 2nd half, same thing started. I mean Barcelona keep doing attract and Brest was supposed to be defend mode instead of scoring any goal mindset. It was supposed to be, one side match where Barcelona showing their strategy and Brest seems helpless before them. Dani Olmo scored 2nd goal smoothly at 66th minutes which was unexpected. Afterwards Brest did many fouls in that match and got 4 yellow cards. And before the end, Robert Lewandowski once again scored the last goal at extra minutes and won the match. Now they are standing 2nd position in the qualifying table with 12 point where they won last four matches out of five.
Just how can you mess up this big?
Manchester City first looked like they were going to start fixing things from somewhere. But they managed to give away a 3-0 lead so easy. Even in a home game against Feyenoord...
I really don't understand what's going wrong on the side of Guardiola's team. He also tried to harm himself by going crazy probably after that insane comeback. He needs to collect himself first before taking an action about this.
Manchester City first looked like they were going to start fixing things from somewhere. But they managed to give away a 3-0 lead so easy. Even in a home game against Feyenoord...
I really don't understand what's going wrong on the side of Guardiola's team. He also tried to harm himself by going crazy probably after that insane comeback. He needs to collect himself first before taking an action about this.
Liverpool vs Real Midred match today, it will going to be a tough match again because the two teams use to prepare to meet each other with different strategies in the champion league, people will be waiting to see if Real Midred will have the capacity to withstand Liverpool, I'm very sure Liverpool will defeat Real Midred more than 2 goals in the first half to lead the match and the second half will end 4-1 for Liverpool to emerge winner, this is my prediction on today match.
In the Champions League the pressure tension is always different so the level of fierceness is also very different from the domestic league which will make each team use their best abilities when the match starts. And actually I also doubt that Real Madrid can hold Liverpool in today's match, but Liverpool themselves should not underestimate opponents like Real Madrid in the Champions League, because after all Real Madrid is the most successful team in the Champions League and they can also make an unexpected comeback. 
Things we see every champions league football with the regular team who see themselves as champions in their domestic league but could not show that strength in the UCL, still talking about PSG. I see no reason why PSG can't match Bayern Munich that are not as impressive as they used to be, saying this because if it was 3 to 4 seasons ago Bayern would have been topping this very champions league but they are a bit shakey even if they're leading by a goal to nil I still feel PSG are suppose to show that aggressiveness in this game, I hope they get something out of this game.
I believe PSG has reached the point where fans are not expecting a lot from them in the Champions League, with their best squad, PSG finds it tough to score against Bayern Munich. Recently, I have wondered whether they are the same PSG players that dominate their league. PSG remained unbeaten in Ligue 1, but they are unable to bear the pressure of any opponents in the Champions League, defeating just Girona. I didn't expect Bayern Munich to win the game even though they are playing at home, because PSG has young outstanding players. And Dembele, who failed to provide an assist, received a red card in the second half of the game while they were already losing. They are now in danger position of being eliminated from the Champions League.
Gone are the days people have high expectations for PSG. Gone are the days we expected them to win the champions league.
From the time of Cavani;
To the time of Neymar;
Down to Mbappe;
And then Messi;
To the era of Messi, Neymar, Mbappe;
Nothing happened. Believe ye me, nothing will happen there again.
From the time of Cavani;
To the time of Neymar;
Down to Mbappe;
And then Messi;
To the era of Messi, Neymar, Mbappe;
Nothing happened. Believe ye me, nothing will happen there again.
You're right, PSG is incapable of winning the Champions League again. In the days of Ronaldinho, Ibrahimovic, Neymar, and Messi they didn't achieve anything in the Champions League. Teams like PSG were always qualified to play in the Champions League to help other teams win it. Since they always perform worse in the competition, I don't think the squad can ever win a Champions League championship. But they can defeat any side in Ligue 1 matches, acting just like they are the top team in the world.
Liverpool vs Real Midred match today, it will going to be a tough match again because the two teams use to prepare to meet each other with different strategies in the champion league, people will be waiting to see if Real Midred will have the capacity to withstand Liverpool, I'm very sure Liverpool will defeat Real Midred more than 2 goals in the first half to lead the match and the second half will end 4-1 for Liverpool to emerge winner, this is my prediction on today match.
There is also Bayern Munich vs. PSG, but I think you are right that the most anticipated match is the Liverpool vs. Real Madrid match. But sadly Real Madrid is missing their best line-up and whenever you have these giants meet in the Champions League, you would want both teams to have their best line-ups available. I think that is clearly a huge disadvantage for Real Madrid as having the perfect substitute for Vinicius Junior is impossible. But since more players are going to miss the game against Liverpool, it is even worse for Real Madrid. Hopefully it will still be a somewhat level playing field. Wouldn't be nice to see Real Madrid getting destroyed because players are missing.
Well, actually it would be more exciting if both teams played all their mainstay players and both teams played with maximum strength. But yeah, I think even if Real Madrid loses this match, we can understand that. because they did not play with their full strength. But I'm sure the match will still be very fierce. And Mbappe should try even harder because he will be the spearhead who must be reliable in completing attacks. For the Bayern vs PSG match, perhaps we can expect both teams to score goals. And I hope there are lots of goals in today's match.
That is right he must complete the attacks, but not only that, he must also use the chances and score. Mbappe is not as cool and deadly as he used to be for so long. I saw a few games of him now and he is giving away chances that he would have never given away a while ago. I don't know what the reason is, but maybe he is not versatile enough and defenders of his opponents have a pretty good idea of his movements and know where to go in order to narrow down the angle that he can use to take the shot. But all those dream goals he scored in the past, I didn't see any of those for quite some time now.
I am guessing this is the image you're referring to. I was wondering how come about those bruises too when I first saw it last night on ESPN. Could this image really be truth?
However, Manchester City fans are worried about Pep Guardiola's health. They are advising him to take a break from football, and he also needs help. You can read further here
Manchester City almost win, they lose because Rico Lewis don't want to take risk.
It was on minutes 88, where the match will end, if it was a great defender, he will do anything to block the ball including using his hand. He should learn from Luis Suarez, he block Ghana's ball and resulting in penalty, but they miss the penalty, which brought them to penalty stage.
Manchester City needs point, otherwise they will not qualify to the next round.
It unbelievable how a team of Manchester city in this decade could blow a 3-0 lead at home to feyenoord, they started the game with much control and they even look like they where going to keep a clean sheet. Feyenoord has done the unbelievable. It is the first time in champions league history that a team winning 3-0 in 73 minutes will fail to win the match. Pep was shocked, the whole of Manchester was shocked. It was a perfect match for them to bounce back from their poor run of games in recent weeks, even though their losing streak has been put to an end but not in a way they want. This is a draw that feel so worse and more like a loss. It was on minutes 88, where the match will end, if it was a great defender, he will do anything to block the ball including using his hand. He should learn from Luis Suarez, he block Ghana's ball and resulting in penalty, but they miss the penalty, which brought them to penalty stage.
Manchester City needs point, otherwise they will not qualify to the next round.
Manchester city travel to Liverpool this weekend and with this current foam I think it probably the worst time to go to Anfield. With the way city defense is I hope they don't get another big lose to Liverpool, Liverpool are currently the best team in the league so far right now, let hope pep can work some magic before then, but I see pep getting cooked again this weekend and it will extend their losing in the league.
Yeah, you are right Lewis should have done better, he is a good player but still very unexperienced, he should have contested for the ball than standing in the goal post hoping the ball to be played on his body. Pep was shocked and the of whole of Manchester city was shocked after that goal. The wound continues to widen rather than healing for Manchester city and let see what happens this weekend when they travel to Anfield.
however I heard people saying that they saw a picture of Pep Guardiola on social media with a lot of bruise on his face could it be true?.
I am guessing this is the image you're referring to. I was wondering how come about those bruises too when I first saw it last night on ESPN. Could this image really be truth?
Despite all the criticism from the media he still remains calm in the midst of all these dramas and he has never come to the media to blame any one of his players for their defeats, rather he would take responsibility for whatever goes wrong in his team, for me, he is the best and i hope they get back on feet as soon as possible.
This is unexpected, because 3 goals ahead is very possible for Man City to win but they missed a lot in defence, this has been a lot of problems since the first goal from Peyenoord. You're right this really surprised a lot of people.
I don't know what happened to Pep Guardiola? So their game is not so consistent, it can change at the end of time to become a draw, this should not happen and they have not won again for several matches. It's sad.
Who was disappointed that Man City ended up with a draw? How unlucky this club is.
Imagine Man City already 3 goals ahead but they conceded 3 more goals, this is like an underdog team that is not in stability.
Their defence was so bad that several times the opponent's attack was passed and it became the 3rd goal, plus this is the only team that is relied on in parlay, instead this team brings to the abyss all bets and finally fails.
I'm sure many are disappointed with the draw that Man City got. Especially because we even felt confident about Man City's 3 goal lead until before the 74th minute. Even when Feyenoord scored their first goal in the 74th minute, I personally still believed that Man City would end the match with a win, but what happened after that was really... true beyond belief. And of course many people will lose their bets because of this result.Imagine Man City already 3 goals ahead but they conceded 3 more goals, this is like an underdog team that is not in stability.
Their defence was so bad that several times the opponent's attack was passed and it became the 3rd goal, plus this is the only team that is relied on in parlay, instead this team brings to the abyss all bets and finally fails.
Because no one will think much about choosing which team will be the favorite in the Man City vs Feyenoord match. Moreover, in this match Man City was the host. So it feels quite strange to see Man City being held to a draw in a quite surprising way like this. Maybe if Feyenoord made things difficult for Man City from the first half it would be easy to understand but they did it at the end and that is what really surprised us.
I don't know what happened to Pep Guardiola? So their game is not so consistent, it can change at the end of time to become a draw, this should not happen and they have not won again for several matches. It's sad.
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