Pep: Hard to explain loss
London: Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is struggling to understand why his side have lost nine Premier League games this season.
City lost 1-0 at Southampton on Sunday - a third straight away league defeat.
It is the first time in his career that Guardiola has overseen such a run, while nine losses is the most the former
Barcelona and
Bayern Munich boss has ever had in a single campaign.
“We played more than good but it is not enough to win the games,” he said.
“We cannot say we are not a team who score goals this season. We are leading in goals. We create a lot of chances. We are a team who concede less - no team conceded as few chances as us but we lost a lot of games.
“It’s difficult even for me to find a reason why but you have to insist and talk about the game, the way they play and try to do more, concede as few as possible and score up front.”
City were hugely impressive in thrashing Liverpool 4-0 on Thursday but the defeat at St Mary’s means they have lost four of their past nine Premier League matches.
But the Spaniard believes his side will soon get back to their best and once again start finishing off the many chances they create.
He added: “I have confidence we can do it because we are the same guys and we did it in previous seasons.
Results: Newcastle 2-2 West Ham, Liverpool 2-0 Aston Villa, Southampton 1-0 Manchester City.