Manchester Metropolis supervisor Pep Guardiola says he blames himself for the membership’s terrible run of type.
Metropolis, who’ve received the Premier League title for the previous 4 years and in six of the previous seven, are 14 factors behind leaders Liverpool.
A 2-0 win at Leicester on Sunday was solely their second victory in 14 matches.
It’s the worst run of a massively profitable managerial profession taking in spells at Barcelona and Bayern Munich.
“There are lots of, many issues [involved in being a manager] and I missed one thing – one thing I’m not doing effectively,” stated Guardiola, who has been on the membership for 9 seasons.
“Ultimately, if you lose numerous video games it’s an unimaginable accountability for the supervisor to take. There’s something the crew wants and confidence and I used to be not in a position to do it.
“The decision is on me first, it isn’t the gamers. They naturally drop a bit bit and that’s regular. It occurred a bit bit final season as effectively.”
Metropolis have had gradual begins to seasons earlier than – and trailed the leaders by six factors or extra in every of the previous 4 title-winning campaigns – however they’ve by no means been this dangerous.
“With this consistency [of results] I ought to have discovered it, and that’s the reason we’re on this place,” Guardiola stated.
“I blame [myself]. It is to not say, ‘oh how good is Pep’ – it is the reality. I lead that group of gamers and I couldn’t carry them. That is the truth.”
Metropolis have suffered many accidents this season – together with to Ballon d’Or-winning midfielder Rodri – which Guardiola has repeatedly highlighted.
“We had been the one unbeaten crew in Europe [until 30 October] and high of the league, however instantly we went down, for accidents, many issues we have talked about,” he stated.
“However, even with that, I ought to have discovered a option to get higher outcomes.”
The champions host West Ham at 15:00 GMT on Saturday.
