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Manchester City: Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola admitted that his side is struggling a little bit and also gave an honest assessment of City's defeat to Aston Villa, stressing "the better team won".

City lost 1-0 to the Villans, courtesy of a Leon Bailey deflected strike in the 74th minute on Wednesday. With a win Aston Villa leapfrogged Manchester City into third place with a club-record 14th home league win in a row.

City were well below par and are now winless in four league matches, remaining on 30 points, now six points off the top.