Pep Guardiola has said Manchester City have a feeling that “everything is going wrong” as he called on his “fragile” players to “change the dynamic quick” after their shock Champions League defeat at Bodo/Glimt.
Now their prospects of securing an automatic place in the last 16 in the European competition hinge on a crunch final league phase game against Galatasaray next week, and Guardiola told reporters at a press conference that something needs to change for his side.
“I know how good a team Bodo are. I didn’t underestimate them. There is not much I know but they (reached the) semi-final last season of the Europa League and they were fresh in mind
“We arrived in some departments without important players who give consistency to the team. They are a little bit fragile, [as] they were last season in a certain period, but how they fought 10 against 11, a lot of players made a step up.
“We have to come back – the results since 2025 is not good, in terms of the Premier League and now today. But we have to look forward. We have four days for Wolves and after Galatasaray, to try to see what happens.
“We have to change the dynamic quick.. Everything is going wrong.
“It was an incredible opportunity for us and the feeling is that everything [that can be] going wrong, is going [wrong] in many, many details. That is a fact and you have to try to change it.
“But the players are there, and we’ll try.
“I do not agree,” he added when asked about his side being flat. “We didn’t have Jeremy [Doku] or Savinho or proper wingers and other departments we had many important players that aren’t here and give us more consistency that we have, but I didn’t have the feeling that today the team was not there.
“They are well organised, they force you to go outside and we don’t have players to go one against one and make moments behind. In general, Bodo were really good and we congratulate them. We cannot say anything else.”
