Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has fired shots at his own club’s supporters.
But why?
Man City are currently sitting at the top of the Premier League table and are the favourites to defend their title at the end of the season.
So Why did Pep Guardiola mock the Man City supporters?
Well, the Spaniard manager has taken aim at the club and its fans regarding their aspirations about winning the Champions League – the main reason why the owners of the club chose to bring in Pep Guardiola as their boss.
But three seasons in, and they are yet to even make it to the final of Europe’s most elite tournament.
So while talking about the dreams of winning the Champions League Pep Guardiola said:
“To win this competition, it’s not enough just to have desire, or wanting to win. You have to have many circumstances.
“You have to have experience and still we don’t have enough in some moments. But every game is a new experience.
“That’s not enough that the manager wants to win it. It’s not just the players. You have to have the desire, the club, chairman, owner, the fans, everyone has to push to be closer, to achieve the next stage.
“When it happens, everyone will feel it. It’s one important thing to win this kind of title, but you have to be pushed, not just by the manager, by everyone surrounding Manchester City that we have to win it – and still we don’t have that feeling.
“The feeling that the fans are pushing, that we have to win the Champions League.
“Normally what happens is you get closer, that’s why I feel we are a really good team, it’s a pleasure to work with them. But in this competition, you need something special – and still, I don’t feel it.
“I was born in Barcelona and grew up there. I started to play there. Then when you start to play they inoculate it into your blood and body that the only way to survive is to win.
“But also I learned that when you don’t, life goes on and you have another chance the next season.
“So we’ll put more efforts into winning this competition. I saw last season and this that in many ways the club, we are still not ready to win it. That doesn’t mean we are not going to try.
“Every year we’ll be closer and sooner or later it’s going to happen. Hopefully as soon as possible.”
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