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"We're a happy flowers team, I don't want that"
A furious Pep Guardiola accused Manchester City of being a “happy flowers” team and lacking the guts and desire to win, with the manager also criticising fans’ lack of passion and the club as a whole, in an unexpected attack after Thursday’s 4-2 comeback win over Tottenham at the Etihad Stadium.
In seven years at City the Spaniard had never criticized his players but he made no attempt to hide his dismay after seeing his side lose 2-0 at half-time. Following goals from Dejan Kulesevski and Emerson, City fought back via Julián Álvarez, Erling Haaland and Riyad Mahrez, who scored twice.
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| "We're a happy flowers team" Pep guardiola rants. |
Guardiola said: “I want a reaction – not just from players, staff, the whole organisation. We are a happy flowers team, I don’t want this. I want to beat Arsenal. I cannot deny how happy we are [to win]. But we are far away from the team that we were. There are many things that we are far away, far away.
“We play because ‘my manager told me to do this and this’ – but there is nothing from the stomach, the guts. We were lucky, and if we don’t change, sooner or later we are going to drop points. No passion, fire, desire to win from minute one. It’s the same from our fans.”
The home fans booed City off at the interval. “They were silent for 45 minutes,” said Guardiola. “They booed because we were losing, but not because we played bad. We played good, but maybe it’s like our team. We were lucky [to come back] but sooner or later if we don’t change then we are going to drop points. We were [lacking in] guts, passion, fire, desire to win from minute one. The same with our fans.”
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| Pep guardiola (right) with Jack grealish |
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