Southampton’s social media even posted a joke about Manchester City after holding the game to a 0-0 draw despite “barely trying to play” in response to criticism from Pep Guardiola and Ruben Dias who complained that they only played defensively. In
this game, Southampton, who were already relegated, unexpectedly got 1 point from Manchester City. They barely attacked and did not have a single shot on target, while Manchester City had 70% of the ball and shot 26 times but could not find the net.
The “Sky Blues” have been in this situation for a long time, where their opponents retreat to defend deeply, but this time they really could not break through and had to share the point, which of course made the players and coaches unhappy.
Manchester City defender Dias complained that Southampton players were wasting time almost the entire game, while Guardiola was equally upset. However, the “Saints” took this matter to joke on social media in a good mood.
Dias said, “It’s so frustrating to play against a team like this. They don’t want to play at all. Just wasting time, don’t care about winning or losing. We tried everything, สมัคร UFABET วันนี้ รับเครดิตฟรีสำหรับสมาชิกใหม่ shot but couldn’t do it, that’s all.”
Guardiola added, “We created chances but couldn’t score. Southampton came to receive and wasted time… We didn’t expect them to drop so deep. Our defense was good but our offense lacked the final touch, the turning point of the game, so we had to send Haaland on, even though we didn’t plan.”
Nevertheless, Southampton played a joke on social media with the caption “Got a point without trying.” It became a funny post that fans shared happily.
Despite being a relegated team, the 1 point is meaningful because it gives them 12 points, the all-time lowest record being Derby County in 2007/08 with only 11 points.