Man City chairman and Pep Guardiola must urgently address the question Liverpool answered

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It was a different kind of defiance from Pep Guardiola on Sunday after his worst ever run as a manager got worse. Two goals in the last three minutes of the Manchester derby turned a much-needed victory into a desperate defeat, and after weeks of praising the level and performance of his team Guardiola had to admit that they are just not good enough.

Experienced players are making inexplicable mistakes and everything that made Manchester City the dominant force in English football has deserted them.

That isn't to say that all is lost, but the manager is increasingly at a loss as to how to find it again with these players.

With every week that things don't improve, City's target for the season goes down from title challenge to top-four fight to a battle for European football itself. ALSO READ: Manchester City player ratings vs Manchester United READ MORE: Dias reaction to Nunes madness shows Man City problem in crisis Guardiola has insisted that he wants to be the man to rebuild the squad - it was a key motivation behind him signing on until 2027 when even he had expected to leave last year - and there is an acceptance from board level that new players are required, possibly as soon as January.