Guardiola reportedly lost his cool with David Silva, accusing him of not running enough.
City are now 8 points behind PL leaders Liverpool following their 2-0 defeat at home to Wolves on Sunday.
However, cracks were starting to show even before that, with club legend Silva having been given a rollicking by City boss Guardiola after a 12-minute appearance against Tottenham, according to the Mail.
The publication reports that over the summer Guardiola had decided to rein in his famed perfectionist rants at his players, and take a calmer, more relaxed approach.
But after Silva came on in the 2-2 draw at home to Tottenham in August with 12 minutes to go, and failed to influence the scoreline, Guardiola reverted back to his old methods.
According to the Mail, the City boss said: "David, you didn't give us enough running. Where were the legs?
megasilver
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Morning Devotion for Today. *Until the CITY of Manchester becomes UNITED, they'll be haunted by the WOLVES at the gate of NEWCASTLE* 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Fabs_Davids
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Any attempt to blame Silver and make him feel down looked will be a bad one for Guadiola... he's still great coach but he needs to learn how to respect Senior players of his squad.... nevertheless it's not a crime as well for some coach to pinpoint where errors caused them to drop points.... (my opinion)
ishti
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This is not 'loosing cool.' Its very subtle and gentle way to say things to your players. Besides he is the coach, he has to give his assessment. Stop spreading nonsense about City.
Zeezy
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Guardiola is always like that! He has no respect for players and he wants to win by any means. That’s so bad of a manager singlehandedly pointing to a player!
TOOTMANCITY
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where were the legs really...okay foden has them and bernardo has them where were the legs give Silva a break and foden a chance
Yondiame1
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of that's true he, shld know this guy is getting a bit old and shldnt pressure the guy
rendondo
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be a coach to esily adapt once your first team is shakened. pep got two solid squards with billions he spent over three summers. it's normal for a player to lose a bit form in a while . pep remain solid with your players and trust them . I know the heat radiating from Liverpool is too hot 😂😂😂😂😂
Juumnrsu
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so what if a manager or teacher ticks you off?! it's for your own good! take the good from it and move on.I'm sure Silva has no problem with what happened but media make big hoo-haa of simply everything.
doeacdosuz
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pep is right,David Silva in big matches he always Losts..This Match against Wolves Bernado should have been in the Starting 11 for david
Vezonic22
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Silva is closing approaching retirement as he is aging in the game. He isn't the same as before hence Guardiola should understand that. Still City isn't as bad as my ManUnited is. Wish United was on that level.
raucdkt
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City can be beaten by tactics and disciplined approach to managing them and I can say that pep don't tactics he only depends on the his players to deliver. That's my opinion!