Man City stars given time off after 'unacceptable' Manchester United collapse

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Manchester City stars have been allowed a couple of days off to get over their Manchester derby defeat. Pep Guardiola was critical of the whole performance against an average United side, even if he refused to blame individuals for the daft errors that turned a 1-0 lead after 87 minutes into a 2-1 defeat by full-time.

The City manager admitted that a run of one win in 11 games in all competitions will be viewed as 'unacceptable' by his bosses as he works to find a solution to their issues.

Despite everything that is going wrong, there has been no drastic action taken at the training ground this week. The players have been allowed two days off at the start of the week, as is standard when there is no midweek fixture to prepare for. READ MORE: Man City chairman and Guardiola must urgently address Klopp question READ MORE: 'Only thing' Guardiola damns Man City season after defending players Guardiola likes to give his squad their own time and space away from the club to help them to be fresh when they return, and everyone will be hoping for an improvement when they return to training on Wednesday ahead of their trip to Aston Villa on Saturday.

Bernardo Silva slammed the performance as 'like an Under-15s team' as they threw away the derby on Sunday to leave the Blues fuming. "It's quite normal that we're not very happy at the minute," he said. "Not just this game but the last month.