MANCHESTER: Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said he was responsible for his team’s 2-1 defeat to Manchester United in the Premier League at home.
City were ahead until the 88th minute when United were awarded a penalty which was converted by Bruno Fernandes and two minutes later Amad Diallo scored the winning goal.
“I have no excuses. I’m the boss. I’m the manager and I’m not good enough.
“I had to find a solution and I failed to do it. I didn’t do it well, that’s a fact,” Guardiola said.
City have only recorded one win from their last 11 matches in all competitions.
“Today we should have won the game because apart from Bruno Fernandes (a chance that the United captain failed to convert) nothing happened. So we wasted it again.
“I’m paid well to deal with this situation, to face press conferences, to take criticism, but I want to be honest, in one or two seasons, after a year, or a year and a half, we only lost eight games.
“I’m still here because of what I did before, otherwise a big club wouldn’t keep a manager like this.
“I knew it was going to be a tough season but I didn’t expect it to be this difficult. I’ll try to improve,” he said.