Pep Guardiola has a new appreciation for Manchester City’s dominance amid their current struggles and claimed he would walk away if he felt he had lost the team. City host Manchester United in the derby at the Etihad on Sunday in the unfamiliar position of having lost seven of their last 10 games in all competitions.
Guardiola ended speculation about his future by signing a new two-year contract three weeks ago but that certainty has so far not helped City arrest their slide. Asked if he had any regrets, the Spaniard gave an emphatic response, saying: “Absolutely not. I would regret leaving now. I could not sleep. They could sack me. That could happen. But leaving now? No chance.
“When I feel it is time to leave, I will leave. If I’m losing and losing and losing one month more, I will say, ‘guys, it has to come someone else to fix these kind of things’, because it cannot be eternal. “There is one thing when I would say, ‘Pep, you have to think about it’, is when I lose the team, when I feel they don’t run. They don’t follow me.
“In that moment, not one minute would we be here. But more than ever I am there. There’s no doubt about that.”. The players are not stupid. They tasted the highest level in consistency and it didn't matter what happened we found a way to win the games. Now we don't have the way to win the games.
