Furious Manchester City Fan Calls For Guardiola to be Sacked After Defeat to Real Madrid

Furious Manchester City Fan Calls For Guardiola to be Sacked After Defeat to Real Madrid

Ibitoye Shittu
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:01 PM
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  • Real Madrid on Wednesday night, 4 May, came from a goal down to beat Manchester City in the Champions League
  • Rodrygo scored brace in two minutes while super striker Karim Benzema sealed the win with a penalty
  • Manchester City faithful known as Sam was not happy with the loss and asked the club's eggheads to sack Guardiola

Manchester City fan identified as Sam has angrily called for Pep Guardiola to be sacked as the manager of the club following their Champions League defeat to Real Madrid.

Having won the first leg of their semifinal clash 4-3 at the Etihad stadium against Real Madrid, Manchester City traveled to Spain with the aim of finishing the work against Los Blancos.

The first half of the encounter ended goalless before Riyad Mahrez have the visitors the lead only for Manchester City to concede late two goals to force the game into extra time.

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Man City coach Pep Guardiola in sad mood against Real Madrid. Photo by Alex Gottschalk/vi/DeFodi
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And while the extra time was on, Karim Benzema scored a penalty as Real Madrid won 3-1 and qualified for the final 6-5 on aggregate.

Since Pep Guardiola was appointed as the coach of Manchester City, the Spaniard has been struggling to win the Champions League title.

While speaking to talkSPORT, Sam explained that Manchester City board will have to hire another manager for them to have the chance of winning the Champions League.

Sam's reaction about Pep Guardiola

“The board need to re-evaluate. We need a manager that wins at this level. We’ve done everything at domestic level, but we can’t do it in the UCL.
“We need a manager who can perform.”

Pep Guardiola nominated for prestigious award hours after UCL defeat to Real Madrid

Earlier, Sports Brief had reported how Pep Guardiola who is the gaffer of Manchester City was shortlisted for the April's best Premier League manager award hours after his side's elimination in the Champions League.

The former Barcelona coach took his wards to the Santiago Bernabeu with the target of beating Real Madrid, but suffered a 3-1 defeat with Rodrygo and Karim Benzema the heroes.

In the month of April, Manchester City played five Premier League games and the Citizens were unbeaten in all these ties as they remain on the top of the table.

Citizens in the month of April defeated Watford, Leeds United, Burnley, Brighton and 2-2 draw against Liverpool.

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