Pep Guardiola has harshly admitted that he is “not good enough”. Manchester City manager after Manchester United put together a stunning late fight to seal a Victory in the derby 2:1 and inflict their eighth defeat in 11 matches on the crisis-stricken champions.
City helper Phil Foden after the match, he accused his team of “defending juniors”. Bernardo Silva his side said “played like an under-15 team” at the Etihad.
However, with City dropping to fifth place in the table First leaguenine points behind the leaders Liverpool having played one fewer game, Guardiola said he was no longer good enough for the club, just a month after signing a two-year contract extension as manager.
“I’m the boss, I’m the manager and I’m not good enough,” Guardiola said. “I have to find a solution, it’s that simple. I’m not doing well, it’s true.
“That’s how it is. What can I say? We can’t blame this or that player, it’s not like that. It’s a season, a hard season.
“We didn’t play our best. We’re not the best and we have some problems. Now we have the result 8 out of 11, this is not normal, something is wrong.
“It’s getting worse. I need to find a solution. Haven’t found it yet.”
City’s results are currently their worst since 2003, when the team won just once in 18 games. And the way they lost to United, with the Reds scoring two goals in the dying moments, including Bruno Fernandes a penalty and Amad Diallo’s winner left senior players questioning City’s performance.
“It was a defense from the youth team,” Foden told the BBC. “It looks like that’s the whole story. I don’t know what will happen, but we turn the game off and they score two goals.”
Meanwhile, midfielder Silva said City deserved to lose.
“We deserved what happened,” he told Sky Sports. “At this level, a game or two is unlucky. We can’t say it’s good luck or bad luck – 10 games is not the point.
“It’s not one match, lately it’s been many matches. We have to look at ourselves. You could say it’s a bit unlucky, no. These are the decisions you make. Today in the last minute we played like U-15 players.”
Guardiola and City’s next step will be a Premier League match against Aston Villa, where they will once again try to get back on track.
