Pep Guardiola takes responsibility for Manchester City recent slump as the team finds it difficult to get win in several games.
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has stated that he is the one to be blame for the recent slump of the team as the team find it difficult to defeat teams in all competition for sometime.
The champions’ campaign unexpectedly and spectacularly hit the buffers in the autumn, with the team suffering nine defeats in 13 games across all competitions prior to last weekend’s morale-boosting win at Leicester.
A number of factors could be cited for the demise, including a lengthy injury list, ageing players passing their peak, a natural drop in intensity after years of domination and uncertainty stemming from off-field issues.
Yet City boss Guardiola, who has won 18 trophies during his glittering nine-year reign at the Etihad Stadium, feels the failure is on him.
The Catalan said: “There are many, many things (to being a manager) and I missed something, something I am not doing well.
“In the end, when you lose a lot of games, it is an incredible responsibility for the manager to take. There is something the team needs and confidence and I was not able to do it.
“The call is on me first, it’s not the players. They naturally drop a little bit and that is normal. It happened a little bit last season as well.
“But with this consistency (of results) I should have found it and that is why we’re in this position.
“I blame (myself). It’s not to say, ‘Oh how nice is Pep’ – it’s the truth. I lead that group of players and I could not lift them. This is the reality.
“We were the only unbeaten team in Europe and top of the league, but immediately we went down, for injuries, many things we’ve talked about.
“But, even with that, I should have found a way to get better results.”
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