Pep Guardiola happy as Manchester City beat West Ham but ‘performance not good’ - Erling Haaland struck twice as the champions secured back-to-back Premier League victories for the first time since October.

Pep Guardiola rejected claims that his Manchester City side looked more like their old selves after thrashing West Ham 4-1 to secure back-to-back victories.An own goal from Vladimir Coufal gave City

They made it back-to-back victories on Saturday with a 4-1 win over West Ham in which striker Erling Haaland netted twice, but Guardiola was left frustrated by his side’s performance despite them registering their biggest Premier League win since beating Ipswich Town by the same scoreline back in August.

One of the bigger surprises of this season has been the form of Manchester City. As it stands they sit sixth in the Premier League table and are 14 points behind league leaders Liverpool.

Pep Guardiola has said Manchester City “definitely have to add players” to their squad in the January transfer window as they look to turn around their alarming drop in form. The Athletic reported in Boxing Day’s Transfer DealSheet that City are expected to be active in January,

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola continues to look disappointed and bemused by his side as they drew 1-1 at home with Everton on Boxing Day. City have now won just one of their last 13 games in all competitions and coughed up a great chance to get back to winning ways as Erling Haaland had a second half penalty kick saved.

A pair of artists who worked out how to create portraits using dice said they were delighted after Manchester City invited them to build a likeness of manager Pep Guardiola. Ross Montgomery and Ben Hoblyn,

Pep Guardiola is adamant he is to blame for Manchester City’s crisis this season and has made managerial mistakes during the club’s astonishing run of results.