City saw a 1-0 lead become a 2-1 loss to Manchester United in the last few minutes of Sunday’s Manchester derby as our difficult run of results continued.
But Guardiola says there are elements of our normal game that aren’t there, and he needs to figure what that is to get his team back on a winning track.
“It is something we are missing,” said Pep.
“When you win games, the energy is higher. This is my job. My job is not just to win games and lift trophies.
“I am incredibly well paid to handle these situations. Maybe in one year or a year and a half we were able to lose eight games - now in one month and 10 days we have lost eight games out of 11.
“We were top of the league and the only unbeaten team in Europe [before this run].
“We are a big club; I am here because of what we have done in the past. Otherwise clubs would not sustain their manager.
“All the managers around the world work harder and think more and talk more. I have to tell them that still we are so good.
“I knew it would be a tough season, even when we were winning, but I didn’t expect it to be so hard like it is right now.”
The boss says he felt his team were never fully in control of the game, despite leading 1-0 late on.
He also says there are situations that have ended in a loss recently that in previous seasons are unlikely to have happened.
“In the past maybe I could presume we could win with two minutes left but in the situation we are in, I never thought about that,” said Pep.
“It’s true that we are not fluid. We always play with this composure that now we don’t have after the amount of games we have been losing.
“Sometimes the spirit helps you to find strength in this type of game. We were there but it’s not about that.
“I am the boss; I have to find the solution.
“This is a big club and when you lose eight in 11, something wrong has happened.
“I can say the schedule or injuries, but no. At 3-0 against Feyenoord after 75 minutes, we have to win that game. Today we have to win that game.
“We give it away again and we have to keep working.. I have to find a way to talk to them and train them on how to play and build up.
“Matheus did an incredible effort at left-back and played really good with and without the ball, but it’s happened, and we move forward.”
