Pep Guardiola has insisted he will “not give up” in his attempts to oversee a turnaround in Manchester City’s fortunes after Savinho and Erling Haaland scored to give his team a much-needed 2-0 victory at Leicester City yesterday, the champions’ first win in five Premier League games.
City’s second win in 14 games across all competitions meant they climbed two spots to fifth place in Premier League standings with 31 points, 11 behind leaders Liverpool who have two games in hand. Leicester remain in the relegation zone in 18th place.
“I will not give up. I want to do it. And with the situations that we have, we have to do it,” Guardiola said.
“Of course I want it. Everybody wants it. I don’t want to disappoint my people, in terms of the club, in terms of the fans, or the people who love this club.”
Guardiola said his team’s shocking run of results, the worst stretch in his mostly glittering managerial career, has helped him realise how good they were on their run of winning an unprecedented four consecutive Premier League titles.
“That makes me remember how good the past was,” he said. “That’s the truth, that has made me realise now what we have done, because sometimes you have injuries, and how many years we were incredibly, incredibly consistent.
