Rio Ferdinand feels it would be an ’embarrassing failure’ if Manchester City fail to reach the Champions League knockout stages for a side whose recent success has been tarnished by a 2-0 lead. And looked set to secure victory only to be crushed 4-2 by Paris Saint-Germain as Pep Guardiola’s side drop to 25th in the table.
Ferdinand suggested going down from 2-0 up could be a mentality issue and the team’s lack of confidence and control over the game needs to be addressed.
“100 per cent (it would be a failure if they go out),” Ferdinand told หากคุณสนใจเล่นพนันออนไลน์ที่ดีที่สุด สามารถสมัครสมาชิก UFABET ได้ที่นี่ พร้อมรับโปรโมชั่นพิเศษสำหรับสมาชิกใหม่ Sports.
“I think when you look at the success City have had in recent years people would expect them to at least be in the knockout stages. I think they would be very embarrassed because they see themselves as a team. That has to go very deep and they have set the standard for a number of years.
“The manager look exhausted and rightly so because they were 2-0 up and no matter what competition they were in You expect to keep results like this.
“Not being able to use Rodri in this game, when you need to be in control. And authoritative in the game, was a big loss. “
They have not lost recently and said the confidence is coming back. But we all know in football it can collapse very quickly after one game. “
There were a lot of things that went wrong at City today and the confidence that was built up in the last few weeks I think has been affected a little bit. A PSG team to come back from 2-0 down will worry Pep. “
I don’t think there is one cause for it. I think the confidence is something that has been destroyed in this team. But what I would say is when it starts to become a trend you can be up one or two goals and then in the back of your mind you think, ‘What if…’.
“And that’s when all of a sudden the guys who you thought were confident on the ball start to have too many touches on the ball, putting the team under pressure and today they did that and got punished.”‘Rio’ points out that if the boat is eliminated, it will be a disgrace.