On the evening of September 28, Man City received bad news when Aguero had a traffic accident.
The Argentine striker's car crashed into a tree in the Netherlands and suffered severe damage to the front. As for "Kun Kun", he suffered a broken rib and is expected to be suspended for 2 months.
Previously, in Palace's 5-0 win at Selhurst Park, Man City paid a heavy price when the world's most expensive defender they just bought, Mendy, was diagnosed with a torn ligament. Accordingly, Mendy will have to miss about 11 months, which means he will " sit idle" from now until the end of the season. Mendy's defensive companion, captain Kompany, was also not on the list for the last 2 matches.
With such an attack and defense, the "Man City" midfield is not much better. Gundogan, who has been out for nearly a year due to injury, has just left the pitch against West Ham and has not yet set a return date. The continuous news of bad news makes Pep worried because the season has just passed nearly 1/3 of the way but his team has seriously broken down.
This makes the past a year ago when Man City also played well at the beginning of the season but started to decline until the end of the match. Pep is a person with a very vision, that is proven by the fact that he brought dozens of players to the Etihad Stadium during the summer transfer window. But "the person who calculates is not as good as the sky", although he had predicted the difficulties when rotating the squad, Pep never predicted that a series of his players would suddenly become sick soldiers like this.
Ahead of Man City are 3 extremely important matches. This weekend's Premier League match against Chelsea, then Stoke in the next round and in mid-October, they will host Napoli at home.
Chelsea have never been an easy opponent for the "blue Man" in many recent years, and Conte's team is in extremely good form, having destroyed Stoke 4-0 in the Premier League and overcome Atletico away in the Champions League. For Stoke, they are the team that just stopped M.U's winning streak, but when entering the Champions League arena, names like Napoli have never been easy.
Pep's work is now easy to say but not easy to do. He needs to recalculate the framework and even consider where to focus and where to let go. Last year's "dark then dark" lesson is still present, Pep has absorbed this. Man City may have unimaginable defeats in the FA Cup, League Cup, but when they reach the Premier League or Champions League, no one can underestimate their strength.
