Another game, another defeat for Manchester City as manager Pep Guardiola continues to puzzle the coach, his team and – frankly – the football world with his worst slump of his career.

What did the Man City coach say after a 2-0 defeat to Juventus threatened their UEFA Champions League status and extended their poor run from 10 defeats to seven?

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“Every single player has to question themselves,” Guardiola said after the game.

Man City put in a decent first half in Turin, limiting Juventus’ chances, but the second half turned in the Italians’ favor as Dusan Vlahovic and USMNT player Weston McKennie scored to give Juve a great result.

That’s what Guardiola said after the game in Turin.

Pep Guardiola’s reaction to Man City’s defeat at Juventus

The Manchester City manager just spoke to Micah Richards and Alessandro del Piero on the CBS Sports Network.

“We missed the last ball,” said Guardiola. “We often ended up in the six-yard box. The game is here. With the result we can’t defend at all but I’m happy with the way we played. I am with them and I will be with them.”

Why did they break in: “There are many reasons. We have many problems. If you play without three central defenders and two midfielders, the structure in the middle lacks the necessary stability. It’s really, really hard. The team we played against was really, really good. It is Juventus Turin, a strong team that is very good in transition and in set pieces. Congratulate them. Of course, we are missing something in the results. We must insist that our strength as a team will take us to where we have been in the last decade. People will come back little by little. We need a point or three to qualify for the top 24. We will see where we are in February and try to get results.”

Here’s more from Pep, taken from his interview with TNT Sports by the BBC:

“I sometimes have the feeling that we are a bit careless in duels. Instead of playing simply, we complicated things and missed the right time to release the ball. Just lose the ball and give them counterattacks. … We’re designed for possession, keep the ball, be strong, if you can’t do anything, don’t lose it. It’s not working for us at the moment.”

On City’s confidence: “It’s a big part of it and of course it’s a mental problem too. You can see that. We sometimes have an action where we miss the ball, lose a duel and then we see that we immediately fall, lose the rhythm, they are able to break our rhythm with the simplest things. You don’t even have to do much.

“You have to do the simple things as well as possible. Work hard again and you’ll get your confidence back, even in the game if you miss something. Doing small and simple things will give you confidence back when we always do the wrong things. … We know what’s going wrong, it’s just a matter of finding the switch to turn things around, because even if we don’t get results, it doesn’t feel like we’re far from it.”

“As long as we don’t find that click, it’s going to be tough. The only thing we can do at the moment is for each individual player to question themselves to do better, how the player can individually sacrifice more to contribute to the team so that together we can get back on track Can make way.”