Pep Guardiola says he would not have been able to forgive himself if he'd walked away from Manchester City during slump
18 January 2025, 17:10 | Updated: 19 January 2025, 11:54
Pep Guardiola says he would not have been able to forgive himself if he had walked away from Manchester City in their most testing period since he took charge.
The reigning champions find themselves in eighth position in the table ahead of Sunday's trip to Ipswich, live on Sky Sports on Super Sunday.
Guardiola must oversee a City rebuild, while off the field, there is a backdrop of Premier League financial charges, which City deny.
The City head coach has won 18 trophies, including six Premier League titles, in less than nine years at the club and put an end to uncertainty about his future by penning a new two-year contract last November after a run of four straight defeats.
And he insists there was never any doubt he would try to mastermind a new cycle of success.
"Sometimes we don't appreciate or undermine the fact that we suffer. Life is that," Guardiola told Sky Sports News.
"Always people are thinking we have to be happy all the time, we have to show on social media how happy we are. That is a mistake, life is always up and down and when it happens, it happens, and of course it is a big challenge.
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