Felipe Anderson has made it clear the team has to “grow” out of another average set of results.
Talking to www.whufc.com the player said: “Certainly, we are going through a rough patch, but we think that we can play well and get the results we need.
“Unfortunately, Saturday’s result made us sad, but I think that by working hard and being patient we can achieve better results and we’ll be able to show that we’re good enough.
“Certainly, it was a very difficult game for us. We prepared it in the best possible way, but unfortunately we had some small mistakes, and they punish you for that. They don’t miss those chances, so we should have been more attentive.
“We knew that Manchester City are a very strong team, one of the top teams in England, and unfortunately we couldn’t stop them and we have to work harder in order to keep on growing.
“When they have the ball, you are always running behind them. They have great players who are extremely good on the ball, we weren’t up to the challenge during the first 20 minutes and afterwards ball possession was extremely important because without it it’s just too hard.”