Tottenham defeated Manchester City 4-0 at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday night to hand the hosts a fifth consecutive defeat in all competitions.
Guardiola’s men have struggled for form in the last few weeks, and they suffered a second loss to Tottenham in one month after a 2-1 defeat to crash out of the League Cup in October.
The Spaniard manager signed a new two-year contract on Thursday, but he was unable to get his side out of their poor form after another damaging defeat that may have title implications.
James Maddison scored a first-half brace to give the visitors a 2-0 lead before Pedro Porro and Brennan Johnson added the other goals in the second half.
Guardiola, who has now lost five consecutive games for the first time in his career, admitted that the team is fragile defensively.
He said: “At this moment we are fragile defensively. We started well as normal but we could not score and then after that we conceded. After that, we conceded some more which is difficult for our emotions right now.
“In eight years we have never lived in this kind of situation. Now we have to live it and break it winning the next games, especially the next one. Now we see things in one way, maybe in a few weeks we see it differently.
“We do not expect opponents to not create chances and score goals. We’re in the moment. We started well, we had chances and after the first time they arrived we conceded. Then it’s a bit more difficult to come back.
“Chances were there. The moment they created the chances to build up, we couldn’t handle the duels like normally. Now we’re struggling a little bit.
“It cannot happen. When you play top-level teams we can concede chances but it’s part of the process. In our situation, it’s a bit tougher.
“I have to see the situation. The players came back late [from internationals]. There were a few reasons we were not able to be consistent. Now the balance is not in the right moment. But it happened. We have to do it, talk and on Tuesday against Feyenoord have the chance to try.
“Of course Rodri is important but we knew that for many months. But Stones can only play 45 minutes. Jack has been injured many times. Kevin, two months and five months.
“We have to come back and freshen our minds. The season is so long. Many things can happen.
“Before the game, I didn’t know what would happen today. So I don’t know what will happen at Anfield. Everyone knows the situation is new for us. We struggled more without the ball. I don’t know how many chances we created. Our game was there.”
Up next for Manchester City is a Champions League clash against Feyenoord at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday.
Man City Suffer Fifth Consecutive Defeat Against Tottenham is first published on The Whistler Newspaper