Manchester City's Christmas Day training schedule will be different this year amid a wretched run of form for Pep Guardiola's side.
Manchester City 's Christmas training schedule will be different this year amid a wretched run of form for the reigning Premier League champions.in the past four seasons, have won just one game in their last 12 and suffered yet another damning defeat on Saturday after
The result leaves City in sixth in the Premier League, with plenty of sides below them hot on their tails.In a huge crisis and looking like a shadow of the team which has dominated English football, City desperately need a victory againstCity played Everton around the festive period a year ago, coming from behind to win 3-1 at Goodison Park on 27 December. The year before, when City won the treble, there was no Christmas football as the winter World Cup had just finished in Qatar.
"We are doing this season because we've got Everton at 12:30 on Boxing Day. But the last couple of seasons we've had Christmas Day off, which has been very nice..."With injuries to their backline, City have been an absolute mess defensively but the goals have also dried up and Erling Haaland has struggled up top, having only found the net three times since the start of October.
Guardiola said: "I don't agree with him. Without him we'd be even worse, but I like the players feeling that way. It's the only chance that we have to get better. There is two options: do I judge myself? Yes, and the other option is blame within your side and that depends on them. "I'm not agreeing with Erling because we tried and at the end he needs to deliver the right goals in the right spots and in the right positions, but now we recover and we'll fight for the next one."Josh is a sports journalist who specialises in football and wrestling. He has been published by Curzon Ashton FC, Late Tackle, Manchester City FC, The Mirror, Read Man City and Manchester Evening News.
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