Thierry Henry has this message for under-fire Pep Guardiola and Man City

Thierry Henry has delivered his verdict on former coach Pep Guardiola as Manchester City’s crisis rumbles on.

On Sunday night, Guardiola took full responsibility for City’s dismal run of performances and remarkably claimed he is ‘not good enough’ to find the solution. Those comments came in the wake of another bruising afternoon for the Premier League champions, who allowed an 88th-minute lead to slip in the Manchester derby. Two late goals from Manchester United duo Bruno Fernandes and Amad saw the game turned on its head as City once again slipped up.

And speaking on Monday Night Football, Henry - who played under Guardiola at Barcelona - said: "We all know, it's the first time and we're allowed to say it, that we can challenge his decisions in the way of letting Cole Palmer go, Riyad Mahrez, Julian Alvarez.

“Ilkay Gundogan came back and it's not the same Gundogan who scored 17 goals a season. You're missing those goals. Erling Haaland is scoring the same goals, a few less than in his first season but he's doing what he does usually.

"I've seen him miss sitters in every season but where are the goals of Mahrez, Alvarez or Kevin De Bruyne, Gundogan - where are those goals?"

He added: “One thing I will say about this team, it's the first time it's happening like this to him in his career. Let's not kill the guy or this team because of what's happening," he said. “You can never say never - but Pep is not that type of coach [to quit]. He is really, really hard, and mean and intense when you win, because he wants to keep you there.

"And he's more nice when he's down. You can see when the team didn't play well, he will come out and say 'I love my team, they played really well tonight'. And sometimes he will come on the pitch and have a go at his team when they won 3-0, you can see him arguing that someone who missed a pass.

"I like that. You change when you're at the top, you try to change so you can stay there. Once you are here, you're trying to be the nice guy now."