Few hours before the game between Manchester City and West Ham United, City coach Pep Guardiola revealed who to blame for their failures. The manager said if they want to blame anybody for their failures they should blame him. He said he blames himself for the club’s awful run of form.
Man City, who have won the Premier League title for the past four years has had a very bad run this season. They are 14 points behind leaders Liverpool as they head into the game against West Ham.
They returned to winning ways after they beat struggling Leicester City on which was their second win in 14 games. It is the worst run of a Pep Guardiola since he started coaching. Speaking about the poor run he said: “There are many, many things [involved in being a manager] and I missed something – something I am not doing well.”
The former Barca and Bayern Munich manager also said: “In the end, when you lose a lot of games it is an incredible responsibility for the manager to take. There is something the team needs and confidence and I was not able to do it.”
“The call is on me first, it’s not the players. They naturally drop a little bit and that is normal. It happened a little bit last season as well.” “With this consistency [of results] I should have found it, and that is why we’re in this position,” Guardiola said.
He concluded by saying: “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.” “We were the only unbeaten team in Europe [until 30 October] and top of the league, but immediately we went down, for injuries, many things we’ve talked about.”
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