Michael Owen blasts Man City fans for behaviour after Everton draw - 'Wow'
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Michael Owen has blasted Manchester City fans after they booed the players off the pitch following their 1-1 draw with Everton on Boxing Day.
Pep Guardiola's side were forced to settle for a point at the Etihad Stadium, with Iliman Ndiaye cancelling out Bernardo Silva's early effort.
City have won just one of their last 13 matches across all competitions, with their Premier League title hopes fading.
On Thursday, fans of the home side decided to boo the players off the pitch after yet another underwhelming display.
Football news: Man City fans inside the ground booed Pep Guardiola and his players after their draw with Everton on Boxing Day
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Yet Owen has hit out at the City faithful on X, with the former Manchester United, Liverpool, Real Madrid, Newcastle and Stoke star adamant that reaction was the wrong one.
"Wow! @ManCity fans booing their team off at the end," he said.
"Years and years of incredible success witnessing some of the best football the world has ever seen.
"And when the team needs them most……"
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Wow! @ManCity fans booing their team off at the end. Years and years of incredible success witnessing some of the best football the world has ever seen. And when the team needs them most……..
— Michael Owen (@themichaelowen) December 26, 2024
Many fans were in agreement with Owen, with one user saying: "That's the problem when success is built on money."
A second stated: "Difference between a fanbase that started in 1892 and 2010."
A third stated: "There seems to be a lot of empty seats right from the start, where were the fans?……"
And another wrote: "Most their fans can’t remember City without money, says it all tbh. Success handed to them."
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Meanwhile, Guardiola has opened up after the draw.
The City boss insisted he was pleased with his team's performance, despite their failure to come out on top, and admitted he was frustrated by his side's lack of cutting edge in front of goal.
"We played really good," he said.
“First-half was brilliant, the first 10, 15 minutes [of the second-half] until the penalty was really good. The first time they arrived, they scored a goal.
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“Of course at the end on the transition we could suffer the defeat.
“But when you analyse the result, of course we are not happy, but the performance and what we have done, the guys again, with the situation we are, was brilliant.
“Of course we don’t score the goals that we need.”
He continued: “If you ask me about the performance today, we did what we’ve done.
Football news: Man City have won just one of their last 13 matches following their draw with Everton
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“When we play bad, I say in the press conference and say they were better, we were not good enough. But today was not the case against a top team, one of the best in clean sheets, the chances we had and not just the penalty, a lot.
“But football is about winning, football is about scoring goals and not conceding and always we have done it. And this season or this last month, month and a half, we are not able to do it.”
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