Juventus beat Manchester City 2-0 in a Champions League match on Wednesday night. City struggled to create chances in the first half but wasted their best opportunity when Erling Haaland missed a clear goal-scoring chance.
Juventus took advantage of this mistake and scored in the second half when Dusan Vlahovic headed in a cross from Kenan Yildiz. City tried to respond, but Juventus caught them on the counter-attack again and scored their second goal. This goal ended the match as a contest and left City in a tough spot in the Champions League standings.
With only two games left to play, City is at risk of not finishing in the top 24 teams and missing out on the play-offs. They will need to win their remaining matches, including a crucial game against Manchester United on Sunday, to turn their season around.
Guardiola said on TNT Sport: “When we turn it around, we will not forget this period. We played really, really good. We missed the last pass and action when we arrive, we concede a few, the transitions happen, but I am so proud of these players.
“They give everything and tried and now we live in this period, but hopefully we can change with good results. I know it is difficult, it is always difficult in Champions League, but we played really good.”
“We have two games and need one point maybe, one victory with the last one at home – we lost it against Feyenoord and Inter Milan, when we played really good again and that is what created the problems.”
Former Aston Villa midfielder Lee Hendrie says: “The longer this goes on, the harder it’s going to get”Man City are so predictable in how they approach games. That is where teams are figuring them out.
“Juventus are Juventus – they do not score many goals, they defend well and make it hard for teams, and then counter-attack.
“If I were Ruben Amorim watching that game tonight, I would copy what Juventus did – make them force balls out wide. What is the point of having [Jeremy] Doku on the pitch if not to provide crosses?”
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