{"id":296490,"date":"2023-12-12T15:17:24","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T15:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=296490"},"modified":"2023-12-12T15:17:24","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T15:17:24","slug":"pep-guardiola-told-man-city-stars-to-not-feel-sorry-for-ourselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/pep-guardiola-told-man-city-stars-to-not-feel-sorry-for-ourselves\/","title":{"rendered":"Pep Guardiola told Man City stars &apos;to not feel sorry for ourselves&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Pep Guardiola reveals he told his Man City stars &#8216;to not feel sorry for ourselves&#8217; during half-time team-talk while trailing 1-0 at Luton &#8211; with boss determined to prove their doubters &#8216;wrong&#8217; after their comeback 2-1 win<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Pep Guardiola told his Man City stars to stop feeling sorry for themselves\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>City came from behind to beat Luton to stop run of four winless games\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>Man City have dipped, but Gary Neville is WRONG to say they\u2019re complacent &#8211; Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Manchester City&#8217;s stars were told not to feel sorry for themselves at half-time of Sunday&#8217;s victory at Luton Town that brought an end to the stickiest period of Pep Guardiola\u2019s time in England.<\/p>\n<p>The Premier League champions had already gone four matches without winning before Elijah Adebayo headed Luton into a shock lead on the stroke of half-time.<\/p>\n<p>Guardiola went down the tunnel in deep conversation with Craig Pawson about the lack of additional time played in the first half. The City boss then felt his players had a sinking feeling inside the dressing room, with worries about ceding more ground in title race.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We have to demand more of ourselves,\u2019 Guardiola said. \u2018I said to them what are we going to do, feel sorry for ourselves? It&#8217;s football, it&#8217;s life.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/18\/78794299-12847719-image-a-50_1702233598940.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pep Guardiola told his players not to feel sorry for themselves after going behind to Luton\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/18\/78794313-12847719-image-a-51_1702233616040.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Spanish boss had seen his team go four games without a win before Sunday&#8217;s game\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/18\/78794329-12847719-image-a-53_1702233739308.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Luton took the lead at Kenilworth Road through Elijah Adebayo before City turned it around\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018If they score a second, are we going to complain again and say we were unlucky? Strikers: be more aggressive and score goals. Defend the crosses better in the last minutes and be positive.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It&#8217;s normal to say City aren&#8217;t the same and it&#8217;s over. That&#8217;s nice \u2013 let\u2019s prove that wrong, (show) that we still want to be there and compete. They\u2019re an extraordinary group of players.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>City are four points behind leaders Liverpool after Arsenal\u2019s defeat at Aston Villa over the weekend, with Guardiola hunting history by securing a fourth straight title.<\/p>\n<p>The match winner, Jack Grealish, added: \u2018I think a lot of people like to talk about City and go on like it&#8217;s a big crisis, in reality we&#8217;ve played very good teams.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Luton were left \u2018proud but disappointed\u2019 according to their boss, Rob Edwards, following a second consecutive hard luck story against sides with title aspirations.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/18\/78791881-12847719-image-a-52_1702233626843.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jack Grealish celebrates scoring the winner as Man City came from behind against Luton\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>City scored twice in two minutes just after the hour, five days after Arsenal\u2019s stoppage time winner snatching a drew away from the Hatters at Kenilworth Road.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I felt like it was there for us,\u2019 Edwards said. \u2018I had a really good feeling going into the game. We\u2019ve complete respect for City but I just felt it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We gave them a lot of problems for them to solve. We showed a lot of quality. In the cold light of day the lads can be proud of themselves. They\u2019re flat and down in there. The players picked themselves up after Arsenal. They will take confidence and belief but they\u2019re hurting right now.\u2019<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12847719\/Pep-Guardiola-reveals-told-Man-City-stars-not-feel-sorry-half-time-team-talk-trailing-1-0-Luton-boss-determined-prove-doubters-wrong-comeback-2-1-win.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pep Guardiola reveals he told his Man City stars &#8216;to not feel sorry for ourselves&#8217; 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