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Manchester City Coach,
Pep Guardiola
admitted full responsibility after losing 0-2 to Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League, Wednesday (26/11) early morning WIB.
Man City, who played at the Etihad Stadium, was defeated by the visiting team.In this match, Guardiola made an unusual decision by fielding a strange line-up because he made 10 changes to the team composition.
Guardiola reserved regular starter players such as Erling Haaland, Phil Foden, Jeremy Doku, Ruben Dias, and goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.Haaland’s position, who only entered in the second half, was replaced by Omar Marmoush as the mainstay on the front line.
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This decision did not go as expected.Even though they were dominant, The Citizens were defeated in front of the public themselves.
“I am responsible, but I see them and I want all the players to be involved,” said Guardiola after the match as reported by
Daily Mail
.
“When you’re a footballer and you don’t play for five, six, seven games, it’s difficult but maybe it’s also too much.”
This result made Man City suffer its first defeat in the 2025/2026 Champions League.The team from Manchester is in sixth place in the standings with 10 points.
Man Cty is two points adrift of Bayern Munich who occupy the top position in the standings.However, Die Roten have only played four matches.
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