Pep Guardiola's Man City resignation stance clear after bold 'not sustainable' admission
Manchester City already know Pep Guardiola will not resign despite speculation that the Catalan coach could decide to leave amid their recent run of results.
The defeat to Aston Villa is their ninth loss in 12 matches across all competitions, with a 3-0 win at the Etihad Stadium against Nottingham Forest their only victory since late October. City sit seventh in the Premier League table, 12 points off league leaders Liverpool, having played a game more, and 15 from Ipswich Town and Wolverhampton Wanderers in the relegation zone.
Brentford are currently outscoring Guardiola's side. City have conceded the same number of league goals as a Tottenham Hotspur team that has allowed ten across its last two home league games.
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However, barely a week ago, Guardiola addressed his future during an interview with Sky Sports before the Manchester derby. "They [the owners] know when the situation is bad and we start to lose games, this is not sustainable," the City manager said.
"Maybe I will not be here next month or in two months. We never know, right? The results dictate that. This is the reality; we cannot eternally lose games."
Guardiola continued: "We are judged daily as managers, so the managers making all success [if] the season's bad; they are out. But they [City] will do it. I will not do it [leave]; the club knows it, so you [they] will decide. I wanna fight."
Asked during his press conference before the Manchester derby whether he regrets signing a new contract, Guardiola said: "Absolutely not. I will regret [it] if I left now. I would sleep even worse than now. It's impossible [that] I would leave the situation as it is now.
"They can sack me. That can happen if we continue like this, but leaving now, no chance. If my boss, [City chairman] Khaldoon [Al Mubarak], is not happy with me, they can do it, but now leaving in that position, no chance."
