Pep understands City fans booing him, doesn’t blame Guardiola

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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola understands the fans who booed him after Feyenoord drew 3-3. And insists he does not blame Josko Gvardiol for the mistakes of the young defender. The Citizens took a 3-3 lead

but in the second half, Guardiola both mishandled and conceded two goals. In the 88th minute, Ederson came out to cut the ball but did not get the ball. Allowing David Hankko to break away and equalise. “Josko

is an incredible boy and a fantastic footballer. โปรโมชั่น ufabet Now we have to help him more than ever,” Guardiola said after the match. About the performance of the 22-year-old Croatian defender.

“Josko is very young and he will learn.

Today he was the best player on the pitch and I would be very wrong if I said anything that made us lose.”

Pep was asked about the triple substitutions – Phil Foden, Ilkay Gundogan and Nathan Ake – but eight minutes later Feyenoord scored the opening goal that started the comeback.

“When Ake was substituted Our game is not in danger yet, he has had a few injuries and we don’t want to risk him playing for 90 minutes,” the Spaniard replied.

“Gundogan is the only holding midfielder we have and Foden has played a lot of minutes. I wanted to make changes so that De Bruyne can find his rhythm in the best way and have Jahmai Simpson-Pussy and James McAtee to give stability.” There were

boos from the home fans after the game at the Etihad, and Guardiola had his say: “Last game we lost 4-0 to Tottenham and the fans in the stadium applauded us, but of course we understand their disappointment. “The fans

are here to see the team perform and win, not to remember past successes. They were right to show their feelings.”