'I want to fight and not give up' - Guardiola

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola, speaking to TNT Sports: "Cannot say much when you lose 4-1. Congratulations to Sporting Lisbon for the game.

"We had a fantastic first half, now we are struggling to score. We create and concede when the opponents don't do much.

"The first half was really good, we scored a goal, but every pass, the simple things we missed sometimes.

"It can happen. After the third and the fourth we have to avoid it. Emotionally we were not stable enough and in this competition you have to be stable. At 2-1, many things can happen. We have to be emotionally more stable.

"It was a very good action for them. They made a good moment, they were fast and scored."

On if defensive changes are a problem: "Maybe. I don't know. When you play lots of games you cannot play the same line up and same back four. We have had these problems from day one but it is what it is.

"Now is the difficult moment in terms of results but I want to be here. I want to fight and not give up, I like this challenge as a manager I have ahead of me. Who wants to follow us will be there.

"It is football. Maybe what we lived in the past is the exception. Sometimes you can lose. We were in the position where they punished us for the few they do and we struggled for the chances we had.

"The first half was almost enough to finish the game and then we were losing 3-1."