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Pep Guardiola takes responsibility for Manchester City’s poor run

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has urged the Abu Dhabi hierarchy to give him the chance to revive his faltering team amid its staggering run of poor results, saying Friday he will not “run away” from the challenge.

City lost five games in a row before squandering a three-goal lead from the 75th minute to draw 3-3 with Feyenoord in the Champions League on Tuesday.

The longest winless streak in Guardiola’s coaching career could be extended on Sunday when City plays away to Liverpool, which is in first place in the Premier League and the Champions League.

Guardiola, who has won the Premier League six times in his eight full seasons with City as well as the club’s first Champions League title, said he is in regular communication with chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak.

The Spanish coach said he deserved to be given time to turn things around.

Guardiola played down talk of a “crisis” at City when asked by a reporter, but was unsure when the team would start winning again. After Liverpool, City plays seventh-place Nottingham Forest on Wednesday.

Rafael Nadal, the 22-time Grand Slam champion who retired from tennis this month, visited City’s training ground on Thursday. He is a Real Madrid fan and was in northwest England to watch the Spanish team play Liverpool in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta described City’s poor spell as a “bump” and wasn’t prepared to write off the champions in the title race.

(AP)