He Manchester City lost (2-1) this Saturday against Brighton on the eleventh day of the Premier, a setback that was taken advantage of by Liverpool to consolidate its leadership in the English Premier, where it already enjoys a five-point cushion thanks to its victory (2 -0) over Aston Villa at Anfield. A striking defeat in the career of Pep Guardiola because the Spaniard, for the first time, loses four games in a row as a coach.
After the visit to Brighton, Guardiola’s team now adds four losses in a rowbetween League, Cup and Champions League, confirming an unprecedented slump in the Spanish coach’s teams, who throughout his career on the bench had never lost that number of games in a row. “Welcome, there is always time for a first time in life,” the coach responded ironically when asked at a press conference after the setback in Brigthon.
Guardiola has had to experience at Manchester City what did not happen to him during his spells at Barcelona and Bayern: after 940 matches as a coach, the Catalan has had four defeats. Curiously, all of them without the Spanish Rodri on the playing field. The English team, and its coach, are complaining about the absence of the midfielder, recent Ballon d’Or winner. Without him, there have been two defeats in the Premier League (Bournemouth, 2-1; Brighton, 2-1), one in the Cup ( Tottenham, 2-1) and one in the Champions League (Sporting Lisbon, 4-1), all of them as visitors.
That of the Spaniard, however, is not the only absence that the Spanish coach is suffering, who was also unable to field players like John Stones, Jack Grealish or Ruben Dias against Brigthon.
Guardiola confirmed his worst streak as a coach in Brighton despite the fact that Erling Haaland put Manchester City ahead 20 minutes into the game, in an action that Kovacic started with the steal and the pass. However, the second half of the locals was worthy of a team that once again wants to be a revelation team. Joao Pedro and O’Riley took advantage of the weakness at the back of a more vulnerable City.
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