Pep Guardiola: Man City 'not stable' as Bernardo Silva claims side in 'dark place' after Sporting shock

The City brag rued his side’s missed chances, but did not marque excuses for the loss, citing a request for his broadside to amended if they privation to apprehension their caller descent successful form.

“Cannot accidental overmuch erstwhile you suffer 4-1. Congratulations to Sporting Lisbon for the game,” helium said.

“We had a fantastic archetypal half, present we are struggling to score. We make and concede erstwhile the opponents don’t bash much.”

“The archetypal fractional was truly good, we scored a goal, but each pass, the elemental things we missed sometimes.

“It tin happen. After the 3rd and the 4th we person to debar it. Emotionally we were not unchangeable capable and successful this contention you person to beryllium stable. At 2-1, galore things tin happen. We person to beryllium emotionally much stable.”

Guardiola’s presumption that close present is simply a “difficult moment” for his broadside was echoed by Bernardo Silva, who captained City connected the nighttime and similar his manager, the midfielder kept perspective.

“It's disappointing due to the fact that we're a spot successful a acheronian spot close now” Silva said.

“Everything looks to beryllium going successful the incorrect way. Even erstwhile we are playing good we don't people our chances and we concede excessively easily. We decidedly request to look wrong and cheque what we're not doing well.

"The bully happening is adjacent though we person mislaid these 3 games we are inactive successful a bully presumption particularly successful the Premier League. After losing 3 games we are inactive successful the main competitions warring for everything. But we request to better, obviously.”

Kevin De Bruyne returned precocious connected successful a large boost for City, but Silva wants the likes of Ruben Dias, Jack Grealish and others to travel backmost soon.

"Our injured players request to travel backmost due to the fact that we request them and it's conscionable not bully capable tonight."

Next up for Guardiola’s broadside is simply a tricky travel to Brighton connected Saturday, arsenic helium looks to debar losing 4 games successful a enactment for conscionable a 2nd clip successful his managerial career.