Why Pep Guardiola's brutal, commendable honesty is hurting Manchester City - and the one image they can use to inspire a fightback, writes JACK GAUGHAN

JACK GAUGHAN AT THE ETIHAD STADIUM: Pep Guardiola has reiterated countless times that the opposition 'are better' than City. But there is a feeling that they have allowed that sentiment to go too far.