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‘Treble mentality’ – Ilkay Gundogan’s TV presenter wife Sara defends scathing assessment of Barcelona team-mates by ex-Man City captain following painful Champions League defeat to PSG

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Former Manchester City captain Gundogan – who claimed Premier League, FA Cup and European titles last season – did not hold back when casting a rueful eye over <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/barcelona-kylian-mbappe-winners-losers-psg-champions-league-comeback-xavi-ronald-araujo-red-card/blta4142406d6054337" target="_blank">Barca’s 4-1 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain that saw them dumped out of continental competition</a> at the quarter-final stage.

WHAT HAPPENED?

Gundogan <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/ilkay-gundogan-launches-attack-barcelona-team-mates-psg-loss-accuses-ronald-araujo-killing-game-red-card/blt38bcc83d36db5410#cs897033026cb49029" target="_blank">appeared to point fingers of blame at Ronald Araujo</a>, following his costly red card, while also questioning Joao Cancelo for conceding a penalty and Robert Lewandowski for failing to get tight enough when Vitinha put PSG 2-1 up on the night.

THE BIGGER PICTURE

There has been criticism of Gundogan’s post-match interview in Catalunya, and across social media, while Jules Kounde and Sergi Roberto are among those to have posted messages pointing out that Barca “win and we lose as a team” and “achieve together”.

DID YOU KNOW?

Sara Gundogan has now spoken out in defence of her partner, saying in a message of her own that featured an image of her husband hoisting the Champions League trophy aloft as City skipper: “This man is a hard working guy and his football opinions are about improving and he is giving everything to this team. His mentality is a treble mentality.”<picture><source srcset="https://assets.goal.com/images/v3/blteabb6df4a2a1c91e/gundo_wife.jpg?format=webp" type="image/webp"><source srcset="https://assets.goal.com/images/v3/blteabb6df4a2a1c91e/gundo_wife.jpg?format=jpg" type="image/jpeg"><img src="https://assets.goal.com/images/v3/blteabb6df4a2a1c91e/gundo_wife.jpg?format=jpg" alt="Ilkay Gundogan wife mentality" data-source="Instagram" data-copyright="Instagram" perform:prop="uuid:blteabb6df4a2a1c91e;width:382;height:665"></picture>

WHAT SARA GUNDOGAN SAID

It is not the first time that Sara has responded to detractors in Spain, with supposedly false reports called out that claimed <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/barcelona-apology-ilkay-gundogan-wife-abandoned/blt1c17bbea794a2a20" target="_blank">Gundogan was unhappy and unsettled at Camp Nou following his 2023 move</a> to Barcelona as a free agent.

WHAT NEXT?

‘Treble mentality’ – Ilkay Gundogan’s TV presenter wife Sara defends scathing assessment of Barcelona team-mates by ex-Man City captain following painful Champions League defeat to PSG | Goal.com

Ilkay Gundogan’s TV presenter wife has lauded her husband’s “treble mentality” following his scathing assessment of Barcelona’s Champions League exit.

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