Josep Guardiola was not kind to his squad after Manchester City’s elimination against Southampton in the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup (0-2).
Manchester City will not achieve a full card. On Wednesday, Josep Guardiola’s Citizens lost on the Southampton lawn (0-2), at the Carabao Cup quarter-final stage. Second in the Premier League five points behind Arsenal, the English club let slip a trophy, certainly far from being the most prestigious as the double confrontation against the Germans of RB Leipzig in the knockout stages of the Champions League looms , on February 22 and March 14. Invited before the journalists after the meeting, the Spanish coach gave an uncompromising assessment of his team’s performance.
“To win, you have to deserve it”
For the former manager of FC Barcelona, the exit from the road of the reigning English champion does not suffer from any dispute and is ringing the alarm bell for the next meetings. “The best team won. She was better. We had a bad night, we didn’t play well. We didn’t react well after our bad start and we didn’t perform well. To win games, I’m not talking about titles, to win games, you have to deserve it. So I want to deserve when I win something, I want to deserve it. And today, that was not the case. This is why Southampton deserve to be in the semi-finals in this competition.”
Erling Haaland’s partners will have to bounce back this Saturday during the derby against Manchester United at Old Trafford, counting for the 20th day of the Premier League. During the last day, the victory at Chelsea (1-0) had allowed Manchester City to achieve a good operation in its distance fight with Arsenal, held in check by Newcastle (0-0).
