Manchester City defender Ruben Dias has stated clearly that his team have the mentality and the experience to turn their fortunes around after seven games without a win, including four straight losses in the Premier League.
The reigning and defending champions of the Premier League have slipped to fifth after week 13 of the 2024/25 season following their 2 – 0 defeat at Anfield by Liverpool. Their hosts went ahead after 13 minutes through Cody Gakpo and Mohamed Salah buried a spot kick in the 78th minute of the match to ensure that Liverpool would keep all three points at Anfield. Manchester City could not muster any threats that worried Arne Slot’s side and the game ended with Liverpool nine points clear at the top of the league.
While seven winless games is an unfamiliar position for this City squad to be in, being far front he top of the table with Liverpool in the lead is not. In the 2021/22 season, Manchester City clawed their way back to the top of the table and eventually clinched the title that year from eighth place. It is this experience that Dias believes will serve them in the near future, as he spoke to the media following the team’s latest setback.
“It is obviously not the easiest period but we’re made for this,” Dias asserted. “It was a difficult game today, it was always going to be in our best moments and has been since I’ve been here, even in our best moments – this has always been a tough place to come, and even more now in our circumstances.
“I am seeing through it and I saw a lot of character today and that is something that gives me a good feeling for what is ahead.
“Winning is all about that. We have a lot of winners in our dressing room. In times like this it is all about mentality and keep on going and pushing and thinking one game at a time.
“Nottingham Forest is all that is on our mind and we want to win and that is how you break it. Today I saw little things that will help us move forward.
“This is just part of our legacy. We’ve won so much and still we are where we are and this happens. It is more about building and building the legacy. These tough moments will never stop coming in football.
“Football is the perfect example of life, sometimes life seems easy but it slaps you in the face and football is the perfect example of that. That is why we win again and again, we’ve been able to be versatile, adapt and keep on moving forward and thinking one game at a time. That is what we need to get back to. This is all about our legacy and building that and believing in it.
“We’ll see where we are at the end of the season. Now is just Nottingham Forest, Nottingham Forest, Nottingham Forest.”
