Pep Guardiola admitted self-doubt after Manchester City's latest defeat put them in danger of missing the Champions League knockout stages.
City fell to their seventh defeat in ten games in all competitions after being beaten 2-0 at Juventus.
Second-half goals from Dusan Vlahovic and Weston McKennie at the Allianz Stadium left Guardiola's side languishing in 22nd place in the standings.
With just two games of the league stage remaining, a top eight finish and automatic qualification to the last 16 looks beyond City and they face a battle to stay in the top 24 and claim a play-off spot .
City manager Guardiola said: “Of course I doubt myself, but I am stable in good and bad moments.
“I'm trying to find a way to do it. I'm incredibly honest. If we play well.” [I say] we played well and today I thought we played well.
“Our play will save us. We can do it. We have had few chances compared to the game we won in Nottingham Forest. We are moving at the right pace.
“We missed the last pass and didn't get into the six-yard area [at the right time] or having the calmness at the right time.
“But I love my team. This is life, it happens. Sometimes you have a bad patch, but I'll keep pushing until we get there.”
City now face a difficult trip to Paris Saint-Germain, who are also at risk of failing to qualify, next month before wrapping up with a home match against Club Brugge.
Guardiola accepts that the top 24 is now the only goal.
He said: “That's the goal. We need one or three points. We'll go to Paris to try and the last game at home.”
Veteran midfielder Ilkay Gundogan said after the match that he felt City were suffering from a loss of confidence, but Guardiola ignored his player's comments.
“I don't agree with Ilkay,” he said. “Of course it is tough, but apart from one or two games in this period we have played well.”
City now face a further test of their resolve when they host rivals Manchester United in a derby on Sunday.
Gündogan told TNT Sports: “It [confidence] is a big part of it. That is also a mental issue.
“You see that sometimes we miss the ball or lose a game and you see that we immediately fall and lose the rhythm [the opponents] It doesn't even have to do much, but it has such a big effect on us right now. They are able to break our rhythm with the smallest thing.
“Even more you have to do the simple things as well as possible and create and make them flow, then it's hard work again. This is how you get the confidence back – do the small and simple things, [but] At crucial moments we always do the wrong things.”
Juventus coach Thiago Motta was pleased with the hosts' performance, which boosted their hopes of reaching the top eight.
“It was a deserved victory,” he said. “We had to defend as a team and be ready to attack with quality.
“We showed we can compete at this level and now we have to do it consistently.”
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