{"id":296109,"date":"2023-12-06T06:09:18","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T06:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=296109"},"modified":"2023-12-06T06:09:18","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T06:09:18","slug":"man-city-boss-pep-guardiola-fires-back-at-micah-richards-and-jamie-carragher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/man-city-boss-pep-guardiola-fires-back-at-micah-richards-and-jamie-carragher\/","title":{"rendered":"Man City boss Pep Guardiola fires back at Micah Richards and Jamie Carragher"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pep Guardiola has aimed a thinly-veiled dig at Micah Richards and Jamie Carragher after Manchester City lost ground in the Premier League title race over the weekend. The defending champions were held to a draw at home by Tottenham, with the result extending their winless run to three league matches.<\/p>\n

Gary Neville was among the pundits to accuse City of being too complacent after the final whistle, while Richards insisted there was something ‘just not right’ at his former club. Guardiola issued a fiery response while addressing their comments in Tuesday’s press conference, which also saw the Spaniard take aim at fellow pundit Carragher.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know here, when we don\u2019t win, there’s ‘complacency’ and you don\u2019t have character,” said Guardiola. “Then when you win, it’s because we still have hunger. Maybe I\u2019m wrong, but I don\u2019t think it\u2019s about complacency.<\/p>\n

“I know the players. How we behave is extraordinary. I have a feeling that if we maintain that level, we\u2019ll win the Premier League again. He knows how difficult it is, otherwise Gary Neville would have won four Premier Leagues in the best period of Manchester United. But he didn\u2019t do it, you know?<\/p>\n

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“Jamie Carragher didn\u2019t win one [Premier League] once. Micah Richards didn\u2019t win four Premier Leagues in a row. Never, ever. It\u2019s never happened. I see my team, how they fight, how they press, how they continue until the end and how upset they are after we concede. So I don\u2019t have that feeling.<\/p>\n

“Maybe I\u2019m wrong and they’re seeing everything that I\u2019m not able to see. But I don\u2019t have that feeling. My feeling is that it\u2019s so difficult to maintain the level of Liverpool, Tottenham, Chelsea. If we\u2019re able to do it, then we will. This is the target, to maintain the level we are playing at.”<\/p>\n