{"id":247484,"date":"2024-11-07T15:52:04","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T15:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/07\/pep-relishes-city-current-struggles\/"},"modified":"2024-11-07T15:52:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T15:52:04","slug":"pep-relishes-city-current-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/07\/pep-relishes-city-current-struggles\/","title":{"rendered":"Pep Relishes City Current Struggles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Pep Guardiola<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Manchester City\u2019s 4-1 Champions League defeat at Sporting on Tuesday saw them lose three matches in a row for the first time since 2018, but manager Pep Guardiola said he is looking forward to the challenge of getting them back on track.<\/p>\n<p>The defeat in Europe\u2019s elite club competition came after they were knocked out of the Carabao Cup by Tottenham and had a 32-match unbeaten run in the Premier League ended by Bournemouth.<\/p>\n<p>Injury-hit City were without Rodri, Jack Grealish, R\u00faben Dias and John Stones and gave a first start to 19-year-old defender Jahmai Simpson-Pusey in the match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a tough challenge, but I am here. It will be a tough season \u2014 we knew that from the start. But this is what it is. I like it, I love it, I want to face it and lift my players and try it,\u201d Guardiola told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have to try and find an explanation. Sometimes it is just football. We have to accept it. Life is that, sport is that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>City, second in the Premier League behind Liverpool, travel to face eighth-placed Brighton on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are coming back to Manchester to prepare the game against Brighton. I am not giving up. Maybe people are waiting but I am not giving up,\u201d Guardiola said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pep Guardiola \u00a0 Manchester City\u2019s 4-1 Champions League defeat at Sporting on Tuesday saw them lose three matches in a row for the first time since 2018, but manager Pep Guardiola said he is looking forward to the challenge of getting them back on track. 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