December 1st 2024.
On Sunday, Manchester City's boss, Pep Guardiola, had a response to the harsh taunting from Liverpool fans. They had told him he would be sacked in the morning, but he held up six fingers to signify City's six Premier League titles under his management. This was during their match at Anfield, where City suffered a 2-0 defeat and, according to Jamie Carragher, are now out of the title race.
It has been a rough few weeks for City, as they have failed to win any of their last seven games across all competitions. This is a historic drop-off, and they have also failed to win in four consecutive top-flight matches for the first time since 2008. It's the first time in Guardiola's career as a manager that he has lost four straight league fixtures.
Liverpool fans have been particularly enjoying City's struggles, as their team is the only one to have stopped Guardiola's dominance in recent years by winning the 2019-20 Premier League title under Jurgen Klopp. During the match, some Reds supporters took the opportunity to taunt Guardiola with chants of "you're getting sacked in the morning." This clearly irked Guardiola, who responded by holding up six fingers to the fans.
After the match, Guardiola was asked about the taunting and responded by saying, "I'm so proud of my six Premier League titles with this team and the previous one. I didn't expect the fans at Anfield to start chanting that I should be sacked at 0-2. Maybe I do deserve to be sacked, honestly. With our recent results, maybe I'm still in a job because of those six Premier League titles. Otherwise, the higher-ups might start to think it's not working."
Guardiola also mentioned that he didn't expect the fans to be chanting at 1-0, and that it's part of the game. He knows that when his team wins, he can laugh, but when they lose, others will laugh at him and he has to accept it. City's defeat to Liverpool leaves them in fifth place in the Premier League table, 11 points behind league leaders Arne Slot after 13 games played this season.
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