Erling Haaland has admitted his recent Manchester City performances have not been good enough, but has backed manager Pep Guardiola to find a solution.
City have won just once in their last 12 games since losing 2-1 at Aston Villa at lunchtime. John Duran and Morgan Rodger put the hosts in control and they won just one before Phil Foden's late goal.
City struggled as Haaland faced intense Villa pressure, and the Norway striker admitted that he needed to improve both individually and collectively.
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Harland: That's not enough.
“We're disappointed,” he told TNT Sports. That is not enough. It's not okay from me.
“They are good players and it is difficult to come here, but we are Manchester City,” he said. We should be there. We must go on. must believe You have to keep trying.
“We have to move on. First look at yourself, I haven't done well yet. The rights have never been entered. We have to do better. I haven't done well yet.”
Defeat was the biggest crisis of Guardiola's managerial career and Haaland backed the Catalans to weather the storm.
He added: “We won the Premier League six times in seven years, so we'll never forget that.”
“He will find a solution. He does this every year. We still believe in him. We must work harder than ever.
“We know how important trust is and you can see how it affects every human being. Like this, Even though it's difficult, you have to stay positive.”
“It was difficult for us to score and we conceded goals” 😳
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Guardiola will regain confidence.
Guardiola was disappointed with his team's second-half performance.
He told TNT Sports: “We did a really good first half and then we fell apart in the second. John (Stones) couldn't carry on, so we changed our pressure.
“We had some good moments,” he said. rights, We had more chances, we had more chances in the (Manchester United) game, but in the second half we collapsed and our pressure wasn't enough. Eventually we found the goal but it was too late.
“We're struggling to score and we're conceding goals.”
He also believes that Manchester City will come out of this situation and regain their confidence.
“Step by step, We have good personalities and sooner or later we will find that out,” he said.