Forget Pep Guardiola, this mess is on Man City's players. This is what they MUST do to stop the rot, writes GRAEME SOUNESS
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Forget Pep Guardiola, this mess is on Man City's players. This is what they MUST do to stop the rot, writes GRAEME SOUNESS

Daily Mail  

The stress of managing Manchester City lately was etched all over Pep Guardiola's face following their midweek capitulation against Feyenoord. A couple of days prior to our next game, an FA Cup tie at Swansea, Joe Fagan, Bob Paisley's assistant at the time, took us outside at Melwood, Liverpool's training ground. Pep Guardiola entered an unprecedented moment in his career having lost five matches in a row Though a lot of blame has fallen on Guardiola, it should also fall upon his Man City players And Joe said: 'Right you buggers, that's it. For Manchester City now, it's about regaining that belief to get their season back on track The reigning Premier League champions will travel to title rivals Liverpool on Sunday afternoon And looking back the nucleus of our teams were mid to late 20s. If I was a betting man, I'd say Salah and Van Dijk will still be Liverpool players come the summer but maybe Alexander-Arnold, with his obvious relationship with Jude Bellingham and Real Madrid's right back Dani Carvajal being 33 in January and recovering from a serious knee injury, will be the one who departs.

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