Gundogan accuses Manchester City teammates of lacking desire to win

Ahead of a derby showdown with Manchester United, Ilkay Gundogan has accused his Manchester City teammates of having the wrong attitude and not showing the same desire that has brought them success in recent years.

Gundogan made the claim after Manchester City suffered a 2-0 defeat to Southampton during an EFL match.

Sharing his recent findings with reporters, the German footballer said;

“Definitely I would share that it was a lack of attitude, lack of confidence, lack of commitment you know. I feel like, especially today, but even in the last few weeks, we had games where we could have done better.

“Maybe we’ve won games, but I feel like something was a little bit missing, something’s off. Obviously, with the quality we have in the squad, we’re always able to win games, even when we don’t have the best day.

“But at the moment it feels like there’s a special recipe missing in the team – performances, the desire and hunger is maybe not as it was in recent years.

“It’s tough, against even a side that’s struggling a little bit in the Premier League right now, but we knew that Southampton was always tough to play, always very aggressive and always able to score a goal.

“Unfortunately we made it too easy for them and in the end we need to admit that with a performance like that, we deserved to lose. Hopefully it was the right wake-up call for us. If it is it’s something good we can take out of the game.

“We have to do better, we need to start the hard work again and be humble, because things will not come to us automatically – we need to deserve them.”