City’s lack of goals is down to me, insists Pep
PEP GUARDIOLA recognises the onus is on him to resolve Manchester City’s goalscoring problems.
City have made an underwhelming start to their league campaign, dropping points in five of their opening eight games and scoring just ten goals.
‘The reason why is the manager, I have to find a way,’ Guardiola said ahead of tonight’s European Cup clash against Olympiakos in Greece.
‘I have to find a way to adapt the qualities that we have because the same players in different seasons can make different movements and can be in better form or not better form.
‘I have to adjust something, to let them feel we can create more chances. It’s in my hands to help them. They want to do it and I have to find a way to help them be what we were in previous seasons.’
Despite these difficulties, Guardiola will not be tempted into rushing Sergio Aguero back into frontline action too soon. The Argentine was being eased back after knew surgery when he broke down with a hamstring injury last month.
He did make the bench for Saturday’s defeat at Tottenham but Guardiola does not want to take risks, saying: ‘We want him to come back to training again so he can recover a good feeling in (his) knee, this is the most important thing.
‘We wait for him and take it one step at a time. We have many, many games to play and need him. What we want is him in his best condition.’
Victory in Piraeus tonight would seal City’s place in the last 16 and Guardiola said: ‘Of course it’s important. It’s important for the qualification, it’s important to recover our feelings – they are not bad, but to be able to win games, is important.’