{"id":7720,"date":"2024-11-27T07:50:15","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T07:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/?p=7720"},"modified":"2024-11-27T07:51:39","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T07:51:39","slug":"pep-and-luis-enrique-two-giants-on-shaky-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/pep-and-luis-enrique-two-giants-on-shaky-ground","title":{"rendered":"Pep and Luis Enrique: Two Giants on Shaky Ground"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/en-us\/football\/team\/manchester-city-110\">Manchester City<\/a>&#8216;s shocking collapse after leading 3-0 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/en-us\/football\/team\/psg-480\">PSG<\/a>&#8216;s latest defeat have left both teams in precarious positions in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/en-us\/football\/league\/uefa-champions-league-572\">Champions League<\/a>. With just one group-stage matchday remaining, the standings are grim: City sits in 15th place, while PSG languishes in 26th. These struggles spotlight their celebrated coaches, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/en-us\/football\/player\/pep-guardiola-46115\">Pep Guardiola<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/en-us\/football\/player\/luis-enrique-46206\">Luis Enrique<\/a>, who began the season with aspirations of European glory. Now, both must navigate a path fraught with challenges to salvage their campaigns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\"><p lang=\"pt\" dir=\"ltr\">The cross from Igor Paix\u00e3o ?<br>Fofana&#39;s excellent pass ?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UCLassists?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#UCLassists<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lays_football?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Lays_football<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DvLYuEP9z7\">pic.twitter.com\/DvLYuEP9z7<\/a><\/p>&mdash; UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChampionsLeague\/status\/1861553796981182783?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 26, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>City&#8217;s woes are particularly striking. Despite dominating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/en-us\/football\/team\/feyenoord-691\">Feyenoord <\/a>at the Etihad and holding a commanding 3-0 lead until the 74th minute, they ended up with a humiliating 3-3 draw. Guardiola&#8217;s side, mired in a five-match losing streak, seemed to crumble under pressure, allowing the Dutch visitors to mount a stunning comeback. According to Opta, this marks the first time in Champions League history a team with a three-goal lead in the 75th minute failed to win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">75 &#8211; Manchester City are the first team in UEFA Champions League history to be leading a match by three goals as late as the 75th minute and fail to go on to win. Unbelievable. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QFkxrMUEbN\">pic.twitter.com\/QFkxrMUEbN<\/a><\/p>&mdash; OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OptaJoe\/status\/1861530371667484907?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 26, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>The road ahead is daunting for City. They face away matches against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/en-us\/football\/match\/uefa-champions-league-572\/juventus-manchester-city-110-226-572#id=4216241\">Juventus <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/en-us\/football\/match\/uefa-champions-league-572\/manchester-city-psg-110-480-572#id=4216225\">PSG <\/a>before hosting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/en-us\/football\/match\/uefa-champions-league-572\/club-brugge-manchester-city-110-1169-572#id=4216212\">Club Brugge<\/a> in their final group-stage game. A turnaround is essential, but the task is monumental.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PSG&#8217;s situation is even direr. With only four points from a possible 15, they are outside the top 24 teams and, as it stands, would not even qualify for the Europa League knockout stages. Their remaining fixtures include home games against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/en-us\/football\/match\/uefa-champions-league-572\/psg-red-bull-salzburg-480-1739-572#id=4215115\">Salzburg<\/a> and Manchester City, followed by a tricky away match against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/en-us\/football\/match\/uefa-champions-league-572\/psg-stuttgart-338-480-572#id=4215118\">Stuttgart<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"494\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-4-494x1024.png\" alt=\"Champions League standings on 365Scpres app\" class=\"wp-image-7721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-4-494x1024.png 494w, https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-4-145x300.png 145w, https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-4.png 618w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Via 365Scores)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Costly Mistakes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both teams&#8217; struggles are underscored by key errors at crucial moments. For PSG, a costly mistake by goalkeeper Matvei Safonov gifted Bayern Munich the only goal of their clash, courtesy of Kim Min-Jae. Later, Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9&#8217;s red card derailed PSG\u2019s best spell of the game, leaving them unable to mount a comeback.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2151417432-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Paris Saint-Germain Manager Luis Enrique \" class=\"wp-image-7724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2151417432-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2151417432-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2151417432-768x1153.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2151417432-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2151417432-scaled.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Chris Brunskill\/Fantasista\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>These lapses mirror the collapse seen in Manchester, painting a grim picture for two of Europe\u2019s heavyweights. Neither City nor PSG can be confident about their future in the tournament. For two teams with ambitions of lifting the Champions League trophy, the current reality is a nightmare that will require drastic changes to escape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City&#8216;s shocking collapse after leading 3-0 and PSG&#8216;s latest defeat have left both teams in precarious positions in the Champions League. With just one group-stage matchday remaining, the standings are grim: City sits in 15th place, while PSG languishes in 26th. These struggles spotlight their celebrated coaches, Pep Guardiola and Luis Enrique, who began &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":7723,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2509],"tags":[2855,216,2853,15,158,60,108,57],"class_list":["post-7720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer","category-champions-league","tag-bayern-vs-psg","tag-feyenoord","tag-luis-enrique","tag-manchester-city","tag-pep-guardiola","tag-psg","tag-soccer","tag-uefa-champions-league"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}