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Pep Guardiola received a lot of criticism after Manchester City crashed out in the Champions League last season. City midfielder Kevin de Bruyne defend his boss.
Man City came to a halt in the last eight after a shock defeat to under-seeded Lyon with a score of 1-3 a month ago. In that match, Guardiola changed City’s formation to 3-1-4-2 from the usual 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1, which ended in failure.
Facing Lyon, The Citizens conceded first after Maxwell Cornet scored in the 24th minute before leveling the score through De Bruyne in the 69th minute. Lyon ensured City to its knees after Moussa Dembele scored two additional goals in less than 10 minutes.
For City the defeat extended the poor record in the Champions League. Since being coached by Guardiola in 2016, Sky Blue has been stuck in the quarterfinals.
The manager from Catalonia received a big spotlight. The reason is, Manchester City has invested in a very expensive manner but has not been able to embrace the European title, and besides that Guardiola was also blamed for tampering with his team’s game system in important matches.
“The way he sees football is different from most people see football. He has his own philosophy and he defends it and doesn’t change,” De Bruyne told reporters. Daily Mail.
“There is a Plan A and a Plan A. There is no Plan B. For many people it is difficult to understand,” continued the PFA 2020 Best Player.
Manchester City was linked with Lionel Messi recently. Messi will certainly make City’s chances of winning the Champions League even greater. However, Messi’s move to the Etihad never happened after the player decided to stay at Barcelona.
“I really don’t care. I really do. If he had come, he would have helped us because, for me, he has been the best player of all time. But I never thought about the players who might come and what might happen, “straightforward Kevin de Bruyne.
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