Pep Guardiola launches astonishing broadside on his Manchester City players

Pep Guardiola could not hide his anger at Manchester City players and supporters despite a great comeback against Tottenham, suggesting the club no longer has the fire to succeed.

The City manager criticized almost every member of his team by name after the 4-2 win and insisted they are nowhere close to challenging Arsenal for the Premier League title.

The defending champions were booed at half time, which seemed to upset the 52-year-old, who suggested the club had become complacent about success.

Manchester City staged a fantastic comeback to seal a 4-2 win over Tottenham

Boss Pep Guardiola couldn’t hide his anger at Manchester City players and supporters.

“Playing with this lack of passion, this season I can announce that we are not going to win anything,” Guardiola said.

‘[We lacked] guts, passion, fire, desire to win from minute one. The same with the fans, they are silent for 45 minutes. I want my fans back. The fans have to shout.

“They booed because we were losing, but not because we played badly. We play well. We were better. They booed because we were losing, but maybe it’s like our team.

City players were booed at half-time after trailing 2-0 to Spurs at the Etihad Stadium

“Maybe they feel too comfortable because we have won four Premier Leagues in five years.” After we score a goal they react, but tsch, that’s not the point.

‘I don’t recognize my team, they [previously] He had the passion and the desire to run. Do you think we are going to look for the gap with Arsenal the way we are playing? No way.’

Guardiola’s comments came just 24 hours after he praised the mentality of his stars and blamed himself for poor performances on selection and tactical decisions.

“I want a reaction from the whole club, from everyone,” he added. ‘We are a happy flower organization. I don’t want happy flowers. I want to beat Arsenal. Play this way and Arsenal will destroy us.

Guardiola also insisted that his City’s performances are far below leaders Arsenal.

We are very far from the team we had in previous seasons. Do you think this comeback will happen forever? it will not

‘Today we were lucky. If we want to win something or compete, but complaining, complaining, complaining, there is no chance that we will win anything.

“There’s something in the clouds, that you can’t express, that we just don’t have.”

Antonio Conte, who won at the Etihad Stadium last season, lamented even more individual mistakes, most notably by goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, after they suffered a third defeat in four league games.

Antonio Conte lamented even more individual mistakes after falling to a third loss in four

“If I have to compare this game with last season, I think we played better today,” Conte said. ‘The performance was good today. We played with personality and created a lot of problems. We were very brave to push high.

“We were a bit lucky last season and today we had a great chance to score 2-2, I don’t know how the game changes then.” We deserved so much more.

‘We are not so lucky because we are making a lot of mistakes. Sometimes you have a positive performance but you have a situation that is not so positive. We have to keep working and believing.’