Pep Guardiola claims he's to blame for Manchester City's collapse and admits 'one win does not solve all our problems'
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Pep Guardiola says he blames himself for Manchester City's malaise and has warned his side's win at Leicester could prove to be a false dawn. City's victory over Ruud van Nistelrooy's relegation strugglers was only their second in 14 matches, a run that leaves the Premier League champions in a battle to make the top four. Although gripped by an injury crisis, Guardiola accepted culpability in a display of personal anguish before City host West Ham.
![[City's victory over Ruud van Nistelrooy's relegation strugglers was only their second in 14 matches, a run that leaves the Premier League champions in a battle to make the top four]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/03/21/93724681-14248599-image-a-2_1735941082480.jpg)
'I'm unbelievably honest with myself for the reasons why we've arrived here, and it is me,' Guardiola said. 'It's not the players. 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. There is something I'm missing, something I'm not doing well.
'When you lose a lot of games, there is an incredible responsibility for the manager to feel something that the team needs for its confidence. And I was not able to do it.'. Guardiola is often self-critical but opened up on his mistakes, suggesting he had misread the dressing room at times and hinting that his messages behind the scenes have not inspired a squad who have fallen 14 points behind leaders Liverpool.
Pep Guardiola (pictured above) says he blames himself for Manchester City 's malaise and has warned his side's win at Leicester could prove to be a false dawn. City's victory over Ruud van Nistelrooy's relegation strugglers was only their second in 14 matches, a run that leaves the Premier League champions in a battle to make the top four.
