Guardiola describes worst run of career as ‘strange’

Daniel Storey

Pep Guardiola admits it feels strange to suffer the worst ever run of results in his managerial career.

Manchester City’s 1-0 defeat to Manchester United on Wednesday represented the sixth consecutive game Guardiola’s side have failed to win, dating back to a 3-3 draw with Celtic in the Champions League.

The Spaniard had previously gone five games without a win during his time at Barcelona, but this now represents the worst run of his eight years in coaching.

Our 16 Conclusions dedicated some thoughts to Guardiola’s current struggles, and the manager admitted that the club’s form was “strange”.

“It is strange that it should happen now, after seven years as a manager, but we are going to change things as soon as possible,” he said.

“My approach will remain the same as it was when we were winning 10 matches in a row, I don’t intend changing anything, but we need to improve our results and we will.

“Every match is different. We have to analyse every match, every bad result.

“Every team has runs of good and bad results.”