Manchester City were missing a Jordan Henderson against Real Madrid. Plus, there is discussion over Pep Guardiola’s future and lots more reaction to Wednesday night’s Champions League match.
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Is this the end for Pep at City?
Dear Ed,
Watching last night’s game to see another corker and who our final opponents would be and wow, that sure served up a treat!
First off, what a comeback from Madrid. Absolutely outrageous that. To have your first shot on target In the 89th minute and your second a minute later, both going in and thus keeping you in the tie was truly astonishing, and then the penalty to take the lead for the first time in the tie, after just over 3 hours of football. Wow. Incredible stuff.
Just after the penalty, the camera cut to Phil Foden, who looked absolutely distraught; broken even. It was like he knew that with even 25 minutes left, City were not going to turn this around. Zinchencko had a similar look on his face a few minutes later. Such a heartbreaking defeat for them and the manner of it may even affect them in their remaining few league games in the run-in, as they looked mentally wounded by the end of the game.
As the game finished and the analysis started, I began to wonder….could this be it for Pep at City now? This great side he had built with the lavish spending allowed by the owners has been brilliant for so long but he has once again failed to deliver in the Champions League for them, and this is what they want more than anything. If you are Pep now and owners question you on what went wrong, what is your excuse this year? You surely can’t ask them to invest heavily yet again with a straight face and with his contract being up soon, would you trust him to rebuild a squad for another billion pounds and still not win the big one? I’m sure the City fans would, but the real question is would Sheikh Mansoor?
Another thing that occurred to me was the rumblings that certain…
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