been a failure to rectify Manchester City's
problems in defence and attack - something he
noticed in the Champions League thrashing of
Steaua Bucharest.
A 2-1 defeat to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on
Wednesday stretched City's run without a win in all
competitions to four games, leaving them 14 points
behind the Premier League leaders with eight
games remaining.
The result underlined what has been a mixed first
season at the Etihad Stadium for Guardiola, with
City enduring a meek title challenge and a
European exit at the hands of Monaco but
remaining in the hunt for a top-four finish and FA
Cup triumph.
Guardiola has vowed to improve in 2017-18 but
admits he is hugely frustrated that he failed to act
on concerns he spotted in the 6-0 aggregate win
over Steaua in the Champions League play-off
round.
"I will be better, definitely. It was a lesson for me
this season," he said ahead of City's clash with
Hull City on Saturday.
"It is normal when you are a manager for eight or
nine years to have a season where you are not as
successful as before, that can happen. You learn
about that.
"The only regret that I have myself is that knowing
our problem was in the boxes [and] I was not able
to solve it. [I noticed it] in the first game in the
Champions League against Steaua Bucharest. We
won 6-0 but normally it would be 12-0, that game.
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