{"id":256120,"date":"2026-01-21T12:49:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T12:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/256120\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T12:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T12:49:09","slug":"guardiola-says-change-needed-soon-at-manchester-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/256120\/","title":{"rendered":"Guardiola says change needed soon at Manchester City"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pep Guardiola admits Manchester City need to “change the dynamic quick” after they crashed to a shock 3-1 defeat to Bodo\/Glimt<\/a> in the Arctic Circle.<\/p>\n

City, missing a host of players, had Rodri sent off as they were stunned by the Norwegians in the Champions League on Tuesday \u2013 a result that compounded recent woes after a downturn in domestic results.<\/p>\n

City’s Premier League title hopes have taken a hit after a run of four games without a win, a sequence that includes Saturday\u2019s demoralising derby loss at Manchester United<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now their prospects of securing an automatic place in the last 16 in the European competition hinge on a crunch final league phase game against Galatasaray next week.<\/p>\n

Guardiola told reporters at a press conference: “Everything has started to be, since the new year, against (us) in many, many things.<\/p>\n

\"Kasper
\nBodo\/Glimt took the lead in the 22nd minute<\/p>\n

“I know how good a team Bodo are. I didn\u2019t underestimate them. There is not much I know but they (reached the) semi-final last season of the Europa League and they were fresh in mind.<\/p>\n

“We arrived in some departments without important players who give consistency to the team. They are a little bit fragile, (as) they were last season in a certain period.<\/p>\n

“How they fought 10 against 11, a lot of players made a step up, but we have to change the dynamic quick for the next game against Wolves and after that the last game against Galatasaray.”<\/p>\n

City\u2019s only victories in 2026 have come in domestic cup ties against Exeter, of League One, and Newcastle.<\/p>\n

Yet they were without 11 senior players in Norway through either injury, illness, suspension or ineligibility.<\/p>\n

Guardiola said: “It was an incredible opportunity for us and the feeling is that everything (that can be) going wrong, is going (wrong) in many, many details. That is a fact and you have to try to change it.”<\/p>\n

Guardiola scoffed at a suggestion his team was flat.<\/p>\n

\"Jens
\nJens Petter Hauge celebrates scoring his team’s third goal<\/p>\n

“I do not agree,” he said. “Bodo were really good and we congratulate them. We cannot say anything else.”<\/p>\n

The scoreline actually flattered City, who were rocked by two quickfire first-half goals from Kasper Hogh and a stunning strike after the break by Jens Petter Hauge.<\/p>\n

Rayan Cherki pulled one back but Rodri\u2019s dismissal for two bookings in quick succession just after the hour ended hopes of a fightback.<\/p>\n

City were fortunate not to concede again as Hogh had an effort disallowed and Hauge hit the woodwork.<\/p>\n

Guardiola refused to criticise Rodri as he continued to struggle in what has been a difficult comeback season to date after suffering a serious knee injury last term.<\/p>\n

He said: “It was a difficult situation. We lost the ball. We made a transition but they are fast and sometimes you react.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s little bit soft, the second one, but it is what it is.”<\/p>\n

Watch Marseille v Liverpool in the Champions League on Wednesday from 7pm on RT\u00c92 and RT\u00c9 Player. Follow a live blog on the RT\u00c9 News App and on rte.ie\/sport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pep Guardiola admits Manchester City need to “change the dynamic quick” after they crashed to a shock 3-1…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256121,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-256120","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}