Manchester City which was regarded has the King’s of English football has gone through a major downtime during this season. It is one of the most valuable club in the world. It is also one of the most successful club. It was founded in 1880 and became a club in 1887.
They have won seven premier league titles: 2011-2012, 2013-2014, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023. They also won seven FA Cup wins 1903-1904, 1933-1934, 1955-1956, 1968-1969, 2010-2011, 2018-2019, 2022- 2023. They won 8 leagues Cup wins from 1969-1970, 1975- 1976, 2013-2014, 2015-2016, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021. The UEFA Champion league win 2022-2023.
Manchester City Football Club dominated English league and Cup competition especially after theor resurgence in 2010.
It is t unfortunate however that in this season, Manchester City Football Club as suffered loss. This has been mainly due to internal and external struggle.
The have lost seven and won one of ther last 10 matches. Guardiola has failed to win three consecutive league group for the first time in his career.
Key players suffered from long time injuries which has made many key players absent. Kevin D. Bruyne suffered groin injury, Jack Grealish suffered knock injury, Nathan ake suffered hamstring injury. The absence of this player has had an obvious impact on the games played this season. It has lead to an obvious gap in the clubs strategy.
The club faced Premier League 115 charges for breach of financial rules. Internal struggle between players has been rumored. There hasaways been critics by fan and analysts.
Other teams have also studied the coach tactics and are effectively using this understanding to win over them.
The following comments were made about the coach and the losses
“You can’t believe what you’re seeing. This is a massive crisis. This was a crisis two or three weeks ago. The greatest manager and most successful manager possibly of all time, and he’s got no answers for it right now. He hasn’t.”
“He’s tried different things, different systems, maybe players in different positions, and a manager as great as him is really, really struggling and finding it tough.
“He’s never gone through this before, so he’s got no experience of this situation. He’s got nothing to fall back on and really look back at because he’s been so successful in the past. It’s a real eye-opener
“There’s probably a lot of coaches around the world actually looking at Pep with a wry smile. Not enjoying what he’s going through, but just thinking, ‘finally, Pep Guardiola’s going through something that we’ve all been through at some stage in our career’.”
This seem to be a reminder that nothing actually last forever and those who win today can lose tomorrow. It also speak about the Unity of the group.
No King reigns forever.
Edited by: Oladeji Olabisi
