Kyle Walker insists Manchester City have not lost confidence despite Saturday’s fifth successive defeat to Tottenham, with the captain insisting beating Feyenoord on Tuesday will help get the champions’ ‘mojo’ back.
City were beaten 4-0 by Ange Postecoglou’s side at the Etihad Stadium, a third league defeat after a losing streak. They remain on 23 points, five behind Liverpool, who can extend their advantage to 11 if Arne Slot’s side win at Southampton on Sunday and beat City at Anfield on Sunday week.
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Pep Guardiola’s side will next face Feyenoord in the Champions League. Walker said: “We are going through a bad time, but we will come out of this. We have the characters and enough abilities to do it. We will not give up. We have all achieved a lot for this club. It’s a new season and we have to fight for the Premier League again.
“We have a game on Tuesday – we just need to get a win and hopefully we get our mojo back.” Do I think we have lost confidence? No, I think it’s stupid of us to say that. We just have to start winning again.
The 34-year-old admitted his confusion over the five-match losing run, the first time the champions have lost that many since Chelsea in 1956.
Walker said: “If we knew what we were doing wrong, we would give you the answers and win games. Obviously we’re trying – the guys are pulling out all the stops. The injured do everything to come back and play in the team. Sometimes in football you need a bit of luck, and we probably don’t have any at the moment – we’re not looking for excuses. We know we have to do better for this football club and for the respect of everyone in the dressing room.
“It’s football. We can’t feel sorry for ourselves, we have to dig deep and look forward to Tuesday’s game. It’s just a period of football that we haven’t seen in the eight seasons since I’ve been here. It’s time to show our character and we will continue to fight like we always have – until the end.