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Guardiola’s City has three consecutive defeats this season (elimination in the League Cup and two losses in the Premier against Wolves and Arsenal). A full-fledged mini crisis that they will try to solve against the dangerous Brighton in the English league.
Some defeats that coincide with Rodrigo’s absence due to suspension, but that show the void in the engine room of the Etihad team.
The Spanish coach has not been able to find the player who will make Gündogan forget. The German, one of City’s captains during his time there, was essential within the ecosystem designed by Guardiola.
Second line finisher (60 goals with the skyblue shirt ), great passer and assistant (40 goal assists) and intelligence personified on the field. He knew when to disengage to be dangerous in the rival area and when his team needed him to facilitate the game and get the ball clean.
His goals always unblocked City. Kovacic was chosen to replace him, but he has not found the key. Guardiola has lurched and when push comes to shove, he misses Gündogan.
Now even Haaland seems orphaned in the City lead by Gündogan’s goal passes. Without German, in Barça, and with de Bruyne in the infirmary, it is more difficult for City to find the Norwegian striker in positions close to the goal.
There is a reason why City has scored ten fewer goals in the Premier this season compared to the previous one after playing the first eight days. At this point, Gündogan already had three goals last season…
Source: AS
