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Pep Guardiola believes Manchester City working through Contrary to their long winning run As he rued the parallel life of football.
was the city Lost 2-1 to Aston Villa Saturday will see them suffer their ninth loss in 12-games after winning just once.
And it reflects on manager Guardiola that it has turned their usual form on its head.
“When we win a lot of games and titles I say we’re going to lose games,” he said. “When we win 13 or 14 or 10 games and we lose one or draw one and it’s, ‘What happened? Why do you draw or lose a game?’ So it’s football.
“We won a lot, it was exceptional, and now we live in parallel. We didn’t expect it [it]I personally haven’t and I don’t know what the outcome will be after that, so life gives you that. We have to deal with it.”
the defender Rico Lewis Believes City are struggling mentally when they concede the opening goal in a game, which he feels could cause further problems.
He explained: “We were not allowed to confess when we confessed. As if it’s not a normal thing that’s part of the game.
“Everyone in world football concedes a goal but because we hold ourselves to such a high standard, when we admit we’re very disappointed in ourselves, that’s when you see more mistakes.
“At the start of the season we conceded a few goals but we bounced straight back. That can be down to confidence, many things, tired legs. But we have to get back to the way we want to be.”
