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Towards the end of his beleaguered Manchester City side’s trimming at the hands of Liverpool at Anfield, Pep Guardiola raised a couple of hands of his own but far from surrendering in the same manner as the players he had picked, the Spaniard was in defiant mood. Turning in his technical area to acknowledge the scouse serenade of “You’re getting sacked in the morning!” echoing around the ground, the City boss chomped hard on the bait and raised six digits to remind all those in the chorus how many Premier League titles he has won. Unfortunately for him it is also the same number of games his team have now lost in their past seven outings, a statistic quickly seized upon by assorted Social Media Disgrace wags who wished to pile even more ridicule on poor old Pep.
I’ve been criticised since I was a 16-year-old boy, my whole career. What you always want is weapons to fight back with – at the minute we’ve got none. So we have to take it on the chin and hope that we get through this, because the last two games arguably have been the toughest and hardest week of my managerial career. It was very difficult walking over and not feel embarrassed to show our appreciation to the fans” – the behind-the-scenes Plymouth Argyle documentary is in danger of having its lead character killed off in the first episode after the Pilgrims’ 4-0 thrashing at Bristol City.
The post-Klopp Kop had a pop at Pep. He tried to linger, offered a single finger (plus five), but he’d seen a Red humdinger. City will back him, no chance they’ll sack him. But with Pep being slighted, and weaknesses sighted, could he even be caught by Rubén’s United? (I know I ought to get out more, but you know what, I don’t even care)” – Mark McFadden.
After a 2-0 defeat, a warning for City fans: taking too much Peptalk Dismal can increase the risk of side effects, including feeling or being sick, feeling confused, dizzy or tired, deafness, or ringing or buzzing in your ears” – James Boyle.
As an Arsenal supporter, I found myself cheering on Liverpool yesterday, even though I probably should have been hoping for a City win. I think I’ve been hurt so often by City that I’m having trouble being rational. My psychiatrist says I have PTSD: Pep Traumatic Stress Disorder. She thinks I’ve lost touch with reality when I suggest he’s just bored and toying with us, seeing how far he can fall behind before City win their final 25 matches with a goal difference of 107 and take the title by 10 points at a canter again” – Chris Jersan.
What a difference six years makes. From Scott McTominay getting stick from the Manchester United fans just for passing the ball backwards, all the way back in the days when they used to beat Liverpool (and with the Once a Special One, then a Happy One, now a Moaning in Turkey One, doing a once in a lifetime ‘blame me not the player’), to scoring the winner to boost Napoli’s title bid. As Andy Gray used to patronisingly say on co-commentary after someone, probably Robert Pires, scored a world class goal in the early 2000s, ‘Take a bow son, take a bow’” – Noble Francis.
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