Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has defended his team's system after their 4-2 loss to Leicester City on Saturday, suggesting that his side didn't play badly despite the result.
Pep's side suffered their second consecutive loss of the season after losing 3-1 to rivals Chelsea at the Etihad last weekend, while the Spanish coach saw one of his side's concede three or more goals in consecutive matches for the first time in his managerial career.
Despite this unwanted feat however, according toBBC Sport, Guardiola remained confident with his team's display at the King Power Stadium, and insists he will not adapt the side's playing mentality in order to shore up things at the back.
"It is not about the system," said Guardiola.
"We defended well with these players at the beginning of the season.Now we have to stand up and analyse what happened, especially mentally to encourage the players to step forward.
"I cannot say we played badly or didn't play without the intention to create.
This is the first time in history a side managed by Pep Guardiola has conceded 3+ goals in back-to-back league games. pic.twitter.com/eIpOGWWD4L
"Always I try to control the games so we concede few goals, in here I cannot do that and I have to analyse why.
"I want to win games, I don't want to lose games. I feel what I feel and in the Premier League there are some special things, but the pitch is the same. What I believe is good and will be good."
The away side conceded two goals in the opening four minutes against the reigning Premier League champions, while Jamie Vardy secured a hat-trick late on to cancel out the consolation attempts from Aleksander Kolarov and Nolito to leave City four points adrift from the league leaders.