Pep Guardiola has explained why Manchester City succumbed to a defeat against Manchester United in the EFL Cup on Wednesday night.

City were eliminated from the EFL Cup at the fourth round following a narrow 1-0 defeat against local rivals United at Old Trafford and the result means that the Citizens' winless streak has now stretched to six matches - the most in Guardiola's career as a manager.

While it has to be said that City fielded an under strength side in the encounter with United, Guardiola has explained that the main reason behind his side's loss was their inability to capitalise in the final third.

Guardiola told the club's official website: "Yeah, it's six games – not a good situation – but we are out of one competition, we have three still.

"We are going to see. I happy with the players and we are going to try to win in the future."

"At that level, you have to be precise. We had many opportunities to make the last pass but we didn't finish and that's why we didn't win."