Pep Guardiola feels he is ‘not good enough’ after City’s late defeat by United
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Pep Guardiola said he is “not good enough” after Manchester City fell to a dramatic late derby defeat to Manchester United which extended their dire run to eight losses in 11 games. City led through Josko Gvardiol’s 36th-minute header but Matheus Nunes’s defensive lapse conceded an 88th-minute penalty, which Bruno Fernandes converted, before Amad Diallo’s winner just before the end of regulation time.
Guardiola said: “Today we have to win. I’m the boss, I’m the manager and I’m not good enough. I have to find solutions and so far I haven’t. That’s the reality.”. The manager was asked if he still believes he can turn it around. “I want it, desperately. But eight out of 11? I’m here to try and will try again and again. That is the reality.
“In a big club, when you lose eight in 11 something wrong is happening. I can say the schedule is tough, injuries to players but 3-0 against Feyenoord [after 74 minutes] and we draw the game. Is it injuries or the schedule? No.”. Guardiola is in his ninth year in charge at the club and was asked if he is losing his magic and energy. “I didn’t have energy or magic before. I was no magician. You never saw me here when we won and I said: ‘I am a magician.’”.
Bernardo Silva was scathing regarding City’s naivety. “It’s not one game, it’s a lot of games lately. We have to look at ourselves. You can say: ‘Oh it’s a bit unlucky.’ No. It’s the decisions you make. “Today in the last minute we played like under-15s. We don’t want this to happen. It’s a bit frustrating because if you look at the game, until the 86th minute there was only one team that could win. There’s no excuse for that.”.
