Sometimes, even when you score a goal in the Champions League, it’s not enough for your coach to be happy. Even when you score six goals against Bundesliga’s second best team it’s not enough for your coach to be happy, because you allowed three goals. Man City coach Pep Guardiola was not happy after two of his goal scorers were forgetting their defensive duties and criticized them straight away, on the pitch. Guardiola also wasn’t happy with the home support, or to be precise, lack of it. So, all in all, a moody night for the Spaniard even with a 6-3 win over RB Leipzig.Ivorian assassin hits four on his Champions League debut as Reds beat Milan in five-goal thrillerAfter the match, Guardiola was asked to explain what was the reason he was so vivid while talking to Riyad Mahrez and new boy Jack Grealish, and the Citizens coach revealed it was the their defensive assingments which got him angry. „We spoke in half-time about the way we have to do it and they didn’t do it. Fights happen. They are so good, they make four players in the build up to attract you behind the holding midfielders where there aren’t a lot of players, where the ball goes outside and they are so fast when they attack in behind. It’s not easy to control it but when you regain that ball there are many players in front of the ball and in the transition to make one or two passes in behind you have a chance to attack“ said Guardiola to BT Sports.Jack Grealish: ⚽️🅰️Riyad Mahrez: ⚽️It doesn’t matter how well you’re playing, if you don’t do your defensive duties Pep Guardiola will tell you all about it 😤#UCL pic.twitter.com/f9ZQFxaq4w— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) September 15, 2021 New expensive signing Jack Grealish confirmed that the defense was the problem for Guardiola, even thou he scored one and assisted with another goal.„That was just defensive work, I won’t go too much into it because he might want the same tactics at the weekend. That’s what the manager is like, he’s always wanting more defensively and offensively, and he’s obviously someone that I’m going to listen to after everything he’s done in the game. He’s just giving out useful information“ explained Grealish.22:00 (2.40) Leicester (3.40) Napoli (3.15)But that was not the end. Guardiola also wanted more crowd in the stands. Last night’s numbers say that there were around 38000 people in the stands, but the Spaniard wants more.„We need the people, please, because we will be tired. I know the team from Ralph Hasenhuttl is quite similar, the way they play. They’re so dangerous and it’s a really important game. So I invite all our people to come next Saturday at 3pm to watch“ said Guardiola, whose team are playing against Southampton this week.
