Cityzens were sluggish in the season opener of English football at the King Power Stadium, and had to give up one trophy to their toughest rivals
Manchester City accused of refusing to take medals runner-up Their Community Shield after being defeated by Liverpool 3-1 on Saturday (30/7) yesterday, but Pep Guardiola dismissed it flatly.
The English Premier League champions performed poorly at the King Power Stadium, and this was the second year in a row that they had failed to win the opening trophy of the English football season.
A Julian Alvarez goal paled in comparison to goals from Trent Alexander-Arnold, Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez, with Liverpool winning their first Community Shield since 2006.
What happened?
The weight of this contest is often considered unequal to big trophies like the Premier League, but the defeat still makes the Man City players bow down sluggishly. According to ITV Sportthey refuse to take the medal runner-up them and just applaud Liverpool’s trophy presentation process.
When asked about it at the post-match conference, Guardiola immediately denied it.
“Of course we received the medal,” said the Spanish manager.
Then the questioner replied: “But it’s hard to see…”
How did Manchester City and Liverpool look like?
Liverpool looked fitter than their rivals, although Manchester City were getting better as time went on, and had terrorized Adrian’s goal with chances from Erling Haaland and Phil Foden.
Guardiola said he was proud of his team, and praised their second-half performance.
He added: “Congratulations to Liverpool. In the first 15-20 minutes they were better and after the game we started working, [level kedua tim] quite similar in the last 20-25 minutes [babak pertama].”
“We started the second half really well, our game was there, we were very good against this team, confident and created enough chances, then they made the transition and there was a penalty and after that it was more difficult.”
“Just a little over two weeks since starting [pramusim]so really can’t expect too much.”
“I told the players how proud I am. We have to improve our game and there is not much time. We need this month of training to get our tempo, and we will do it.”
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