• Manager insists return of injured players will be key
• He believes ‘the people’ want City to keep losing

Pep Guardiola said it was up to him to find a solution to Manchester City’s malaise after suffering a fourth successive defeat for the first time in his managerial career.

Goals from the substitutes João Pedro and Matt O’Riley capped a superb comeback from Brighton after Erling Haaland had put City ahead in the first half. Guardiola’s side were beaten 2-1 at Bournemouth after being knocked out of the EFL Cup at Tottenham and were then thrashed 4-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday by Sporting in Lisbon.