“I wanted to hurt myself; we are not stable at the moment”

He appeared as a sticker in the television flash interview and in the press conference after his team’s match, Manchester City, against Feyenoord, in which the Dutch managed to equalize 3-0 in just 15 minutes.

Visibly nervous, Pep Guardiola admitted to the media that the scratches he suffered on his forehead, head and nose had been caused by himself. “It was with my fingers, with my nails, I wanted to hurt myself,” he told the questioner about his condition before hastily leaving the Etihad Stadium press room without waiting for more questions.

“We don’t know what’s happening, we’re desperate to win, to do well, but no”

For Guardiola, the draw against Feyenoord can be considered a defeat, since his team cannot give away so much at this level. “The game was good, 3-0, we played well, then we conceded a lot of goals because at the moment we are not stable. We give away the first one and the others and that’s why it’s difficult,” said the coach.

“We have lost a lot of games lately, we are fragile, you need a victory, the game was good for our confidence, playing at a high level, but something happens and we are in trouble. I don’t know if it’s a mental problem. The first goal cannot happen, neither can the second. After that we don’t know what happens, we are desperate to win, to do well, but no,” he added.

“There are many things good, but where we come from, but with the 3-3 you can’t say more. At this level you can’t give away so much. In another environment it wouldn’t happen, but now it would,” he concluded.

City will visit Anfield this Sunday with an eight-point deficit in the Premier League and a run of five defeats and one draw.


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