Pep Guardiola has said that he is “not good enough” to redeem Manchester City’s growing problems after collapsing to Manchester United in the local derby on Sunday.
The Citizens were on course to claim all three points for the second time since October with Josko Gvardiol’s first-half header separating the two teams heading into the closing stages at the Etihad Stadium but conceded two quick goals to turn matters in United’s favour, courtesy Bruno Fernandez and Amad Dialo in the 88th and 90th minutes.
“I’m the boss, I’m the manager, I have to find solutions, but I don’t find solutions.
“This is a big club and when you lose eight [out of 11 games] something is wrong. You can say the schedule is tough or the injuries to players, but no.
“I’m the manager and I’m not good enough, simple as that. I have to find a way to talk to them, to train them in the way we need to play, to press the way we need to press.
“I’m not good enough. I’m not doing well. That is the truth.”
“Such comments come as a concern to Man City supporters, who are relying on their manager – a club legend and their most successful boss in history – to find this “solution” he has reiterated for several weeks.
“I knew it would be a tough season, but I didn’t expect [it to be] so hard,” Guardiola added after admitting that his team are ‘struggling for different reasons’ amidst their well-documented injury problems – ones that cannot be solely to blame for their demise’, Pep told reporters after the game.
Defeat for Man City represents their eighth in 11 games across all competitions, while a 3-0 home win over Nottingham Forest just over a week ago is their only triumph since the end of October and now occupy fifth in the Premier League, jeopardizing their title defence.
