Ederson: A title is what Man City need

Manchester Cityrsquos quest to finally conquer Europe resumes on Wednesday when Pep Guardiolarsquos men travel to RB Leipzig but all is not well for the English champions on or off the fieldCity appeared to have laid down a marker in the Premier League title race by beating leaders Arsenal 31 away last week only to then throw away two points by conceding late to draw 11 at Nottingham Forest on SaturdayEdersonThey are also playing under a cloud after being charged with more than 100 breaches of financial rules by the Premier League dating back to the 200910 seasonDespite Haalandrsquos haul City had scored more goals as a team at this stage last season Defensively they also look more exposedmdashan issue not helped by Guardiolarsquos willingness to let Joao Cancelo join Bayern Munich on loan leaving him without a natural leftbackAlso readKylian Mbappeacute cant save slumping PSG in CL loss to Bayern MunichNathan Ake Aymeric Laporte Rico Lewis and even creative midfielder Bernardo Silva have been shunted out to do a job on the left side of defence in the past two weeks alone Guardiola said he was heartened by Cityrsquos display at Forest despite a lack of killer instinct that cost them two points However he has not been slow to call out his players since the World Cup break for a lack of hunger and desire to remain on top in England which is an uncharacteristic approach for the former Barca and Bayern Munich coach Finding such motivation for the Champions League should not be difficult Thirdchoice goalkeeper Scott Carson is the only member of Guardiolarsquos squad to have won the competition previously when he was at LiverpoollsquoGroup of great qualityrsquoldquoWersquore coming after itrdquo goalkeeper Ederson said of Cityrsquos quest to win the Champions League ldquoI think wersquore a group of great quality and that shows how much the club has developed over the last five or six years with Premier League titles Carabao League Cups FA Cups Community Shields So this title is what the club needs Itrsquos what we athletes need and itrsquos what Guardiola needs here at the club too This year wersquore going to try Wersquore going after itrdquoExtra incentiveThere could also be the extra incentive of not knowing for sure when City might get another chance to play in the Champions League due to the score of charges on financial breaches earlier this monthShould City be found guilty a heavy points penalty or even relegation could be on the cards for a club that has played in Europersquos elite competition for 12 straight seasonsDefender Kyle Walker described Cityrsquos sloppiness in relinquishing top spot in the Premier League at the weekend as ldquounacceptablerdquoThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever