Kyle Walker says he and City’s established players must guide the squad through this difficult period following defeat at Brighton.
The captain is also convinced Guardiola‘s men will be back to our best in the not too distant future if the squad show the right attitude and application.
City fell to a fourth successive defeat in all competitions when Erling Haaland‘s first half strike was cancelled out by late goals from Joao Pedro and Matt O’Riley.
And Walker believes it’s now his and other senior players’ responsibilities to help lead the team back to winning ways.
He said: “This is the time where I want to see the players and real characters come through.
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“It’s all good for the last eight years when we’ve been winning and dominating games.
“But now it’s tough, this is the time where us as the senior members have to pull the players through who haven’t been here for a while and show them the foundations of this Club.
“We’ve built those foundations over the last eight years and that will get us through this patch.
“It’s football and with the players and manager we have, with the Club the fans, it will pass.
“We need to weather the storm and make sure after the international break we come back fit and ready to go for an important part of the season.”
Hear Kyle’s thoughts in full via the video above…
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