Manchester City coach, Pep Guardiola has come out to admit that his team’s chase for a third successive Premier League title failed because his players lacked the required passion.
Pep recently revealed that his defence cost him the league as Vincent Kompany join Anderlecht and Aymeric Laporte was out for a long time.
According to him, City were not consistent like the previous seasons, unlike Liverpool players who played every game like it was their last.
He, however, added that MCFC are still 2nd in the league, therefore there is hope since they are better than too many other teams in the EPL.
His words, “We won eight titles in a row which had never happened before in this country,”
“It can happen to miss one. We lost Vincent Kompany to Anderlecht and had Aymeric Laporte injured.
“After we won those titles maybe we didn’t have the same passion as Liverpool.
“After two seasons the gap is big. We were not consistent like the previous seasons. Liverpool won the Champions League and were given confidence. They played every game like it was their last game. In the beginning, we didn’t play like that way.
“Congratulations to Liverpool for this great season. We still have five or six weeks to play but we won a lot in the last few years and of course we want to close the gap.
“We cannot forget we are still second in the league so we are better than a lot of the teams.”
On the Chelsea game, “In terms of the game, we played good. Not a lot of pressure in the box. But we play in general a good game but our mistakes…”
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