Pep Guardiola confidently declared that “Manchester City will be back” after their side achieved just one win in 13 games that had left their season in disarray.
city After another disappointing result for the ailing champions at home to Everton on Boxing Day, they will be hoping to rediscover their spark against Leicester on Sunday, live on Sky Sports.
They at least avoided the humiliation of a 10th defeat in 13 games in all competitions, but conceded two points to fall 14 points behind Premier League leaders Liverpool. Liverpool also has one game ahead.
With just one win since October, there has been a dramatic fall from grace for Guardiola’s previously all-conquering side.
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Guardiola said: “Ever since I started my career as a footballer and manager, we all want to please people at work and do a good job. That’s an undeniable fact. … I say that’s not a question mark. I’d like to.
“So it’s easy to understand. When things are going bad, that’s the biggest test. It’s the biggest test I’ve ever done.
“We will come back and it has already happened, but it reminds us of how good things used to be. That is the truth.
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“Now you might realize what we’ve done. We get injured sometimes, but you know how incredibly consistent we’ve been for a long time.
“And the biggest reason is that we have seven or eight important players injured, and every three days it gets more difficult.
“But you can see the team, the spirit, how focused the training was yesterday (Wednesday), how focused we are on everything we’re trying to practice, how hard we work.”
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Manuel Akanji too Still a confident city They turn a corner ahead of a trip to relegation-threatened Leicester.
“We have to keep trying and the next opportunity is in the next few days. There is nothing we can do at the moment, we are trying everything,” the Switzerland international said.
“It’s not easy right now because we’ve had a lot of injuries, but we’ll find a way and we’ll get through it and luck will be on our side again.”
Jones Knows Prediction: No Rest for Pep
Sky Sports betting expert Lewis Jones:
How bad are Leicester if Manchester City are 1/3 to win with Sky Bet despite having won just once in their last 13 games?
Additionally, since the start of November, Guardiola’s men have conceded 26 goals in all competitions. At the time, the only team in Europe’s top five leagues to concede more goals was FC Heidenheim 1846 (28 goals).
It’s amazing.
However, gamblers still seem willing to back bets to win football matches at high odds.
Even though Leicester have conceded the most shots, the most shots on target and the most goals conceded since Ruud van Nistelrooy’s first game in charge on December 3, I can leave them alone.
He had little influence. It may actually make it easier to score.
But from a betting perspective, you should still bet on keeping a clean sheet against this City defence, with Leicester scoring in all but one of their 10 home games this season. If both teams score and over 2.5 goals are scored, it should be 4/5 with Sky Bet.
