Phil Foden insists Manchester Metropolis’s gamers nonetheless imagine in Pep Guardiola regardless of the painful loss towards Manchester United that prolonged their dismal streak. Guardiola’s facet have misplaced eight of their previous 11 video games in all competitions following the devastating 2-1 defeat within the Manchester derby on the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. Unhinged by the type of dismal defending that has turn into an everyday function of their beautiful decline, Metropolis conceded twice within the closing minutes as United dealt one other blow to the Premier League champions’ fading hopes of a fifth successive title.
Fifth-placed Metropolis are trailing 9 factors behind leaders Liverpool, who’ve a recreation in hand, and have already suffered 5 league defeats this season — after enduring simply three in the entire of the final top-flight marketing campaign.
Guardiola mentioned after the sport that he’s “not ok” because the worst disaster of his managerial profession deepened.
However Metropolis ahead Foden is adamant the Spaniard, who not too long ago signed a brand new two-year contract, retains the assist of his beleaguered squad.
“We’re nonetheless nowhere close to our degree, however I nonetheless imagine that we’re taking part in ok to get factors and outcomes,” he mentioned.
“It is about remaining centered all through the complete 90 minutes, however we preserve switching off at essential occasions. We simply must get the main focus proper.
“We stick collectively, regroup and imagine in ourselves after what we have achieved previously.
“We preserve believing within the course of and the supervisor — I am certain if we do that we’ll get again to successful methods and get again to our degree.”
Metropolis desperately must discover a successful components forward of Saturday’s Premier League journey to Aston Villa.
Foden admitted he’s baffled by Metropolis’s exceptional fall from grace, with the harm to the workforce’s morale clear to him within the dressing room after the derby defeat.
“I can not put a finger on what is going on on,” Foden mentioned.
“I assumed the efficiency was greater than ok to get the outcome, however we come out with no factors, and it appears to be the identical story in the intervening time. We simply have to stay collectively.
“The altering room is clearly going to be down and unhappy in the intervening time, however we won’t dwell on this an excessive amount of.”
After going through Villa, Guardiola’s workforce host Everton on December 26 earlier than visiting Leicester of their final recreation of 2024.
With the busy festive season looming, Foden urged his teammates to stay collectively.
“It is about maintaining our mentality robust all through the entire 90 minutes and we’re not doing that in the intervening time,” he mentioned.
“We now have to go once more and present character to return again from this blip.
“It is not a time for moaning, it is about sticking collectively, remaining robust and going once more. I am optimistic we’re going to come again.”
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