Pep: Look at bigger picture

Pep Guardiola has urged Manchester City fans and his critics to look at the bigger picture, and admits it could take longer than his previous jobs to make it click at the Etihad.

The Spaniard arrived in the Premier League in the summer following hugely successful stints at Barcelona and Bayern Munich, but sees his City side seven points behind leaders Chelsea after 16 games.

In a frank interview with Sky Sports’ Thierry Henry, whom he managed at Barcelona, Guardiola said he is adapting to the Premier League, but will not change his philosophy, and insists a successful season would be seeing City playing the way he wants.

Asked what ‘success’ would be for City in 2016-17, Guardiola told Henry: “For managers it is to win titles. It will be tough, it will be really difficult. Of course we are going to see in February how our position is, and we’ll see after that if we can challenge or not.

“Jurgen Klopp, who I admire a lot for his passion and ideas, I read some time that he said: ‘I don’t just want my team to win, I want to enjoy seeing the team play how I want to play.’

“It’s simple. I would like to finish the season with the team playing how I want. Always I am there, on the bench, and we are spectators. When I am sitting there, I want to stand up, looking at my team, and what I see is what I want.

“The biggest frustration would be finishing a period here at City …

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