Manchester Metropolis supervisor Pep Guardiola says he blames himself for the membership’s terrible run of type.

Metropolis, who’ve received the Premier League title for the previous 4 years and in six of the previous seven, are 14 factors behind leaders Liverpool.

A 2-0 win at Leicester on Sunday was solely their second victory in 14 matches.

It’s the worst run of a massively profitable managerial profession taking in spells at Barcelona and Bayern Munich.

“There are lots of, many issues [involved in being a manager] and I missed one thing – one thing I’m not doing nicely,” mentioned Guardiola, who has been on the membership for 9 seasons.

“In the long run, once you lose plenty of video games it’s an unbelievable duty for the supervisor to take. There’s something the crew wants and confidence and I used to be not in a position to do it.

“The decision is on me first, it isn’t the gamers. They naturally drop a bit bit and that’s regular. It occurred a bit bit final season as nicely.”

Metropolis have had sluggish begins to seasons earlier than – and trailed the leaders by six factors or extra in every of the previous 4 title-winning campaigns – however they’ve by no means been this unhealthy.

“With this consistency [of results] I ought to have discovered it, and that’s the reason we’re on this place,” Guardiola mentioned.

“I blame [myself]. It is to not say, ‘oh how good is Pep’ – it is the reality. I lead that group of gamers and I couldn’t elevate them. That is the fact.”

Metropolis have suffered many accidents this season – together with to Ballon d’Or-winning midfielder Rodri – which Guardiola has repeatedly highlighted.

“We have been the one unbeaten crew in Europe [until 30 October] and high of the league, however instantly we went down, for accidents, many issues we have talked about,” he mentioned.

“However, even with that, I ought to have discovered a strategy to get higher outcomes.”

The champions host West Ham at 15:00 GMT on Saturday.