Pep Guardiola admitted on Friday that his Manchester City team are not as comfortable in possession as they used to be and that they lack the physicality to compete with their English Premier League rivals.

The EPL champions are realistically out of the title race in fifth place, 16 points behind leaders Liverpool. Ahead of his team’s clash with Newcastle, Guardiola told reporters that  City’s problems were multi-faceted.  “It’s everything, it’s not one,” he said.