The collapse of Manchester City it is as cruel as it is irrepressible, and has been in progress for about two months now. Never in his career had such a problem fallen into the hands of a sacred monster in the world of football like him Pep Guardiolareigning champions of England four times in a row and holders of a historic record treble in 2023.
Results in hand
Yet the latest 1-1 draw inflicted by Everton in a comeback at the Etihad Stadium on Boxing Day caused the scores to slip even further down. citizens in the standings, extending their streak of winless results to 5 games. Furthermore, of the last 13 matches in all competitions, City have won just one, against Nottingham Forest, drawn 3 (Feyenoord, Crystal Palace and Everton) and lost 9 (Tottenham Hotspur (x2), Bournemouth, Sporting, Brighton, Liverpool, Juventus, Manchester United and Aston Villa).
The data doesn’t lie
An unprecedented crisis, we said. Since Guardiola’s arrival in the summer of 2016, Manchester City are now seventh in the Premier League table, 14 points behind leaders Liverpool (who also have a game in hand). Not to mention the 22nd place in the single ranking in the Champions League, just two places above the twenty-fourth, the last one that gives access to the new playoff. But there is one fact that more than anything symbolizes the disaster taking place at City: i goals conceded. 28 goals (two per game), with only one clean sheet in the only success achieved 3-0 against Forest. Two more goals than those conceded in the entire 2021-22 Premier League.