Guardiola Makes Vow After Another Defeat

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is confident that his struggling Premier League champions will regain their form after suffering a 2-1 defeat to Aston Villa on Saturday, which marked their ninth loss in the last 12 matches across all competitions.

Defeat extended the worst run of Guardiola’s celebrated managerial career but the City boss was adamant he and his players could regain their confidence, telling TNT Sports: “Step by step, we have nice personalities in the team and sooner or later we are going to find it.”

Guardiola praised a Villa side managed by fellow Spanish boss Unai Emery by saying: “Congratulations Aston Villa and keep going. In the mid-block they are so strong.

“We have good moments, we had chances, more chances than in the (Manchester) United game, but in the second half we dropped and our pressing was not good enough… We found a goal in the end, but too late.”

This result means that Erling Haaland, once a prolific striker and a key figure in City’s historic run of four consecutive Premier League titles, has now scored only once in his last six appearances.

“Of course we are disappointed,” he said. It’s not good enough, it’s not good enough from me.”

Haaland added: “We have to continue. First I’m looking at myself, I haven’t been doing things good enough, I haven’t been scoring my chances. I have to do better, I haven’t been good enough.”

However, Haaland expressed confidence in Guardiola’s ability to lead a City revival.

“He (Guardiola) won the Premier League six times in seven years, so we will never forget that,” said Haaland.

“He will find the solutions. He has been doing that every single year. We still believe in him, we have to work harder than ever right now.”

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