Liverpool - Man.City battle today: Too difficult for Guardiola!

Since joining Man.City in 2016, coach Pep Guardiola has never faced such great pressure as now, after a series of 6 winless matches, including 5 losses. The recent 3-3 draw against Feyenoord in the Champions League despite leading 3-0 clearly exposed Man.City's instability, from the patchwork defense to the decline of key players.

Man.City is currently facing too many problems: the team is depleted, the form is declining and the schedule is harsh, the pillars like Rodri, Kevin De Bruyne, Ruben Dias or Jack Grealish are constantly injured, seriously affecting the squad. Meanwhile, the form of stars like Kyle Walker, Bernardo Silva or Erling Haaland is declining. Striker Haaland, the player considered the team's scoring machine, is now the one who missed the most chances.

Đại chiến Liverpool - Man.City hôm nay: Quá khó cho Guardiola!- Ảnh 1. — Man.City (middle) will have a difficult match against Liverpool, who are in good form.

Coach Guardiola also realized this, he admitted that Man.City is in an extremely difficult situation: "Is this a crisis? Actually, it depends on how you look at the problem. I have said many times that we have to work with this situation". He also added about the personnel issue: "It is not an excuse for Rodri not being present. What are we going to do, just cry that Rodri is not present or 4 central defenders are injured long term? I have to find a solution. I am trying for that every day, including the upcoming match against Liverpool".

But Guardiola remains confident that his team will continue to move forward: "We have to learn everything, learn from the defeats. It's the number of times you stand up after falling down. At this club, you have to win and if you don't win, you're in trouble. I know people say why Pep is not in trouble, why Pep is not sacked. What we have done in the last eight years is why I have this advantage. We will definitely get back on track, I believe in that."

However, it is clear that in the current situation, Man.City is completely inferior to Liverpool. Remember, even when reaching the highest form in the glorious era under coach Pep Guardiola, Man.City still could not beat Liverpool at Anfield. The last time Man.City enjoyed joy at Anfield was in 2003, that is 21 years ago. Looking at the current form of the two teams, Man.City will hardly leave with 1 point, let alone win.

Furthermore, Liverpool are in high spirits after their 2-0 win over Real Madrid in midweek to top the Champions League standings. In the Premier League, they are also at the top of the table, 8 points ahead of Man City after 12 rounds. So it is understandable that former England striker Chris Sutton predicted on BBC that Man City will have another loss. He believes that even without Bradley and Konate due to injury, Liverpool will still beat Man City, even crushing this opponent with a big score, like Tottenham did before.