Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has pointed to poor pressing from his players as they lost 2-1 at Aston Villa on Saturday.
Guardiola also admitted they are struggling to score goals, but concede them rather easily.
Jhon Duran and Morgan Rogers scored for the hosts, before Phil Foden pulled one back with his first league goal of the season.
The result sees Villa overtake City in the table, with Guardiola’s men winning only one game in their last 12 in all competitions.
Guardiola, speaking to TNT Sports, said: “We make a really good first half, second half we dropped.
“We changed our pressing for the reason John [Stones] could not continue. Congratulations Aston Villa and keep going.
“In the mid-block they are so strong. We have good moments, we had chances, more chances than in the [Manchester] United game, but in the second half we dropped and our pressing was not good enough.
“We struggled a little bit and we could not drop them well. We found a goal in the end, but too late.
“We struggle to score and we concede goals.”
