Pep refuses to change Manchester City style

Pep Guardiola insists he will live and die by the sword after vowing not to change his style at Manchester City following a heavy defeat at Leicester City.

The Citizens made a blistering start to the season by winning their first ten matches under the Spaniard – who finally joined City after a long chase last summer.

But since a 3-3 draw with Celtic at the beginning of October, they have won just four of their last 14 games.

They appeared to reach a real low in their defeat at Leicester, with Jamie Vardy and Andy King scoring in the first five minutes in the 4-2 win.

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Guardiola prefers a possession-based style, but he insists he will not change despite admitting things need to change quickly.

“Long term projects don’t exist in football,” he said. “You have to win immediately. If you don’t win you will be in trouble.

“Always when you make mistakes you have to minimise the mistakes to win the games.

“I believe in that. I believe in what I like to play. If I am not able to do that, the boss and the chairman are going to decide, but there is no way [I will change].”