Pep Guardiola tells Man City players to “question” about hunger… and call Alonso “unbelievable”
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola responded to Ehling Haaland’s claim that the lack of “hunger” had hurt the city zens during a season when the Bayer Leberkusen boss announced he was leaving the club.
Top Scorer HaalandThe person who returned from an ankle injury that kept him out since March 30th was knocked out of the Champions League in the final 16 playoffs, saying that he “had no hunger within us completely” during the season when City fell from the Premier League title race.
“If that’s Erling’s feelings, players should talk to each other and ask why,” Guardiola said.
PEP💬 (twist and twists in the UCL race) is likely to have six or seven teams that can qualify. We have to score a lot of points, and if we commit three victories, we’re there.
It is in our hands. There’s no need to wait anything else. This is what we have to do. win… pic.twitter.com/xmizhtbxaq
– Manchester City (@mancity) May 9, 2025
What did Erling Haaland say?
Haaland said the city can “find excuses” including “a lot of injuries at bad times,” but ultimately “it’s not working well.”
“We didn’t have a complete hunger within us,” the 24-year-old said. ESPN. “I wasn’t enough. I wasn’t helping the team enough. In the end, we weren’t good enough.”
City was able to start Haaland in Southampton, maintaining the Norwegian amulet as an unused replacement when they won the Wolf 1-0 on May 2nd.
“It was horrible to get injured, what can you do?” asked Haaland. FA Cup Final At Crystal Palace on May 17th (16:30).
“We need to recover as quickly as possible and get back as healthy as possible. Now I’ve come back with a lot of energy.
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Guardiola: Alonso: “Unbelievable”
Guardiola was called the “impact” of manager newcomer Zabi Alonso at “unbelievable” Lebakusen in Lebakusen after his fellow Spaniard revealed on Friday that his peers would end their nearly three-year reign at the end of the season.
In his debut season as a senior first team coach, Alonso won the Bundesliga and German Cups as part of an undefeated domestic season, leading Leverkusen to the Europa League final in 2023/24.
“All managers who had the opportunity and joy to have him as a player always knew he would become a manager,” Guardiola said.
“The way they played and he improved the players, he, Leverkusen, we need to be very proud of this partnership they had.”
Southampton vs. Man City
The city can take another step Champions League Win six consecutive games in all competitions where qualified and demoted saints have visited.
“It starts at 0-0 and is a very important game for us,” Guardiola said, adding that Nathan Ake, Oscar Bobb and Rodri remain outside.
Kevin de Bruin’s 35 minute winner Granting the Sityzens’ victory over the wolves, they escape three points from sixth-placed Nottingham Forest with a key goal advantage before the final three league games.
If the gunner loses to Liverpool’s Champions on Sunday (16:30), the three points will move through city levels at second-place Arsenal.
Working towards Southampton pic.twitter.com/pmhwxjwiye
– Manchester City (@mancity) May 8, 2025
City recaptured some of the forms that allowed them to become dominant forces in British football under Guardiola, but Southampton’s defeat last Saturday made them even more enthusiastic at the end of the season.
A 2-0 loss at fellow relegation convictions Leicester City ensured that they not only finished the bottom of the pile, but also returned to the championship immediately.
Southampton has not won 12 matches in all competitions since his victory at Ipswichtown on February 1st.