His hesitant start to the season has been coupled with certain problems of developing the game since he arrived at City. All this added up makes Guardiola see a need for improvement.
And it is that since he arrived to Manchester, touch footballl that the coch has always preferred has suffered a slight braked one. In Barcelona and Bayern he had more than 65% possession, now he does not reach 63%.
While this is a fairly small difference, it is evidence that Premier League's style of play has made some dent in the usual harmony with which the ball moves in their teams.
In fact, in his fourth season as Manchester City coach, the team have returned to showing levels of ball control that they showed in the first season, when he was still trying to adapt to English football.
Last season, Liverpool were able to stand up to them in the Premier League up until the last week and this year they are already behind Liverpool and have a lot of catching up to do (8 points, in fact).
All this not to mention the emptiness of their performance in the Champions League, his big issue since he landed in the Etihad. Months go by and the coach is struggling once again.