Pep Guardiola is already going through the worst streak of his career by stringing together four consecutive defeats with Manchester City. This is the first time in his entire career as a professional coach that the Catalan has experienced such a crisis with so many matches lost in such a short time.
The situation Guardiola is experiencing at the head of the “Citizen” is so delicate that Brighton supporters did not hesitate to remind him with chants of ” “They’re going to fire you in the morning, they’re going to fire you in the morning!”.
The Brighton team chanted to Guardiola “you get fired in the morning”. It’s a surreal world
-Ada Cotugno (@ada_cotugno) November 9, 2024
This chant, usually used by coaches about to be fired, was used by home team supporters when Matt O’Riley made it 2-1 for Brighton and it was decisive in certifying the defeat this Saturday of Guardiola’s men.
Elimination in the League Cup against Tottenham, defeat against Bournemouth in the Premierand the defeat suffered in the Champions League against Sporting de Portugal sounded the alarm in the English club.
Furthermore, since the absence of Rodri Hernández, a key element of Guardiola’s project, the “citizen” team has lost solidity and balance in the center of the field, a gap that he was unable to fill and which seems to be the trigger for his current slump.
Without the Ballon d’Or, the former Barcelona coach, among others, did not find a player who controls the timing of the game nor does he offer the defensive stability that the Spain international brings to midfield.
City, who had previously lost three games in a row in 2014 and 2017, lost four games in a row for the first time since 2006, two years before. the arrival of money from the United Arab Emirates. This result would leave Manchester City five points behind Liverpool, should the Reds beat Aston Villa at Anfield this Saturday.
