Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has reiterated his total confidence in his side’s capacity to quickly bounce back to form.
This comes after City lost 2-0 to Juventus in a UEFA Champions League clash on Wednesday.
Second half goals from Dusan Vlahovic and Weston McKennie saw the Italian giants take the spoils at the Allianz Stadium despite City dominating possession and territory.
It extended a frustrating run of results for City to one win from the last 10 games, and left them in 22nd place in the 36-team Champions League table with two matches remaining.
But addressing the media afterwards, said City were going through a ‘tough’ period.
“Of course it’s tough. Except one or two games in this period that were not good, we played quite similar, and I give credit to Juventus,” Guardiola said.
“Tonight, I don’t think it was defensive mistakes much. That was not the reason [we lost], other games yes but not today.
“We missed that last pass when we arrive in the six-yard box. That was the difference today, but I love my team,” he added.
“I love my team the way we play and the result is not going to convince me of the opposite.
“Congratulations on the way they defended, in the transitions they did it. But we were incredibly aggressive in our high pressing.
“We won the long balls and the back four was really good. Of course, it was a cross and Vlahovic is strong in that position.
“But the way we played I’m really pleased.”
“What has happened, that is life. It happened.
“We have to accept it like a normality that sometimes we have bad periods with results and we’re going to insist, insist, insist until the end,” concluded Guardiola.
