Manchester City are one of the strongest and most formidable teams in the Premier League and Europe but it seems their games have fallen off the interests of some pundits and analysts.
Liverpool legend and Premier League pundit Jamie Carragher said Manchester City’s games ‘lacked jeorpardy.’
Manchester United legend Gary Neville says City games and their style of play are boring.
Neville was asked in a recent TV interview whether he watched Manchester City’s Champions League match against FC Copenhagen and he answered in the negative saying the game was a forgone conclusion.
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has been credited for the rise of City from the peripheries of English football to a Premier League and European giant.
The Spaniard has remained indifferent to the rounds of criticisms that has clogged his table on City’s domineering run.
When teased to respond to Gary Neville’s criticisms, Guardiola was largely indifferent to Neville’s swipes, insisting he is happy at what he has achieved at Manchester City, developing an all-conquering team from the Etihad outfit.
‘everything depends on us; whether we are satisfied or not, not on external thoughts and perceptions from third parties which we cannot control.
‘We are still here, the importance is to feel still for ourselves. Not because of the compliments from outside or the regrets from outside.’
What can I say?’ Guardiola added. ‘It’s so fine. Thank you [Neville] for the compliment. Everything is so difficult in football. We are admired, I am pretty sure of that, [by] the people in the world of football who know how difficult it is being six or seven years there in all competitions every week.
Manchester City smashed FC Copenhagen 3-1 in their Champions League round 16 first leg in Denmark and will be hoping to continue on winning ways when they take on Chelsea in a the Premier League today
