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 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.
But City’s form has continued to suffer and they find themselves in eighth position in the table ahead of Sunday’s trip to Ipswich.
“Sometimes we don’t appreciate or undermine the fact that we suffer. Life is that,” Guardiola says
“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.
“Absolutely, that doesn’t mean it’s going to bounce back. I don’t know, but at least I will not regret one second that I did not try it. Not one second. And I work and I try to do it. Not one second, impossible.
“I think the majority of the players, they want to do it. The majority of players, they want to try and do it, because I know how they run and how they suffer. But suffering is part of life, it’s never perfect. That is life itself.
“You cannot win all the competitions you play for just one reason – because it is impossible! Even for me, it is impossible. But in terms of all the period I’ve been here for 500+ games, 485 or 490 have been a dream come true, have been a paradise.
“We maybe had one season bad, or two seasons bad, that’s what happens in life. So, we overestimate the success in life too much, too much. We try to bounce back with the club and we will try our best.”
