Pep Guardiola is questioning himself amid Manchester Metropolis’s dire run of kind, although he disagreed with Ilkay Gundogan’s criticism of their efficiency towards Juventus.

Metropolis are prone to lacking out on a Champions League play-off place after slipping to a 2-0 defeat in Turin on Wednesday, a end result that leaves them twenty second within the 36-team desk.

Metropolis have now misplaced seven of their final 10 matches throughout all competitions (one win, two attracts), as many defeats as they suffered of their earlier 105.

Because the begin of November, in the meantime, they’ve conceded extra objectives throughout all competitions than some other staff from Europe’s high 5 leagues (21 in 9 matches).

Following a 4-1 loss to Sporting CP and a 3-3 draw with Feyenoord, Guardiola has didn’t win three straight Champions League group-stage video games for the primary time in his managerial profession, whereas 2014-15 was the final time Metropolis endured an extended such run (4 with out profitable).

Guardiola admits he’s second guessing his personal strategies, however he insists Metropolis performed properly sufficient to warrant a end in Italy, saying: “In fact I query myself however I’m secure in good moments and dangerous moments.

“I attempt to discover a strategy to do it. I’m extremely trustworthy. If we play good, I say we performed good and as we speak I believed we performed good.”

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After the match, midfielder Gundogan instructed TNT Sports activities that Metropolis had been “careless” in duels and had been conceding too many harmful assaults.

However with Metropolis having fun with 68.9% of the possession towards Juventus and greater than doubling the Bianconeri’s tallies for touches within the field (34 to 13) and final-third entries (59 to 24), Guardiola stays content material with many features of their efficiency.

“I’m not agreeing with Ilkay,” Guardiola mentioned. “In fact it’s powerful however, besides one or two video games on this interval, we’ve performed good.

“Our recreation will save us. We will do it. We conceded few possibilities in comparison with the Nottingham Forest recreation that we gained. We’re making the appropriate tempo.

“We missed the final cross, didn’t arrive within the six-yard field or have the composure on the proper second.

“However I really like my staff. That is life, it occurs. Generally you will have a foul interval, however I’m going to insist till we’re there.”

Paris Saint-Germain and Membership Brugge will likely be Metropolis’s closing two opponents within the first section of the Champions League, as they go to France on January 22 earlier than internet hosting the Belgians one week later.