Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola suffered four consecutive defeats for the first time in his managerial career as the club’s dismal spell hit a new low with a late collapse in their 2-1 loss to Brighton in the Premier League on Saturday.
With just 12 minutes left, Guardiola’s troubled side were clinging onto the lead given to them by Erling Haaland in the first half.
But they collapsed in the closing stages as Joao Pedro equalised before Matt O’Riley bagged Brighton’s winner seven minutes from full-time.
For the first time in his glittering career as a manager with City, Bayern Munich, and Barcelona, Guardiola has been beaten four times in a row.
It was also the first time City had lost four successive games since a run between April and August 2006 under Stuart Pearce.
After exiting the League Cup to Tottenham and suffering a first league loss since December at Bournemouth, City were thrashed 4-1 by Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League in midweek.
UK court orders Man City to pay Mendy’s £11.5m wages
The slump continued as they failed to kill off Brighton before the second half implosion that threatened to derail their bid for a fifth successive Premier League title.
Second-placed City are two points behind leaders Liverpool, who can extend that gap to five points if they beat Aston Villa at Anfield on Saturday night.
City have been beset by injury problems, most notably the loss of Ballon d’Or winner Rodri for the rest of the season.
Kevin De Bruyne, Nathan Ake, and Manuel Akanji were only fit enough for the bench, while Ruben Dias, John Stones, Jeremy Doku, and Jack Grealish were absent from the squad.
Guardiola had insisted he would solve City’s problems but he has so far been unable to come up with the answer to their mounting crisis.
City had paid for failing to turn their dominance into more than a one-goal lead against Sporting and profligacy was a problem again on the south coast of England.
The United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has announced the appointment of Henrietta Ugboh as…
The top cleric in the Anglican Church, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, has resigned after…
The Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sitting in the Ikeja area of Lagos State…
The Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia, Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin…
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has approved a $200 million Corporate Finance Facility for BUA…
The Delta State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, suspended another lawmaker, Oboro…
This website uses cookies.