He Manchester City continues in free fall. The whole sky blue not found without Rodri and added its fifth consecutive defeat. This time it was at home and against him Tottenham, in a match where the Londoners clearly outperformed those of Pep Guardiola, beating them 0-4. The Mancunian team arrived, despite the poor results, euphoric after the renewal of their coach and with Rodri offering, in a most festive event, the Ballon d’Or to the supporters. But the party belonged to Tottenham.
With the objectives of James Maddison, Pedro Porro And Brennan Johnson City handcuffed a City team from which neither the international football break nor Guardiola’s two-year renewal have lifted this team from lethargy and inexplicable mediocrity.
Rodri is not there, no, and they miss the Spaniard more than ever. He was applauded on the grass with his precious Golden Ball, a few minutes before the double pivot formed by Rico Lewis and Ilkay Gündogan (Mateo Kovacic will be injured for a month) was hired by a Tottenham team which has already eliminated this season the citizens of the League Cup.
And City started well, with two chances that Haaland should not have missed. Both in front of the goalkeeper. The Norwegian’s mistakes gave way to the spectacle Madison, bet by Ange Postecoglou who left Brennan Johnson on the bench to bring on the Englishman.
Dejan Kulusevski, star of the match, he stole the wallet from a shy Gvardiol and made a fantastic pass to the far post for Maddison to come in and put it inside. The passage and arrival of Madison They were indefensible.
Seven minutes later, when the twenty had not even passed, Madison reappeared. This time to give it to Son Heung-min inside the box and for the South Korean to drag two, leaving the lane clear for the Englishman to break out, receive the ball and hit it over the top Ederson.
The warning to City was already real, and Guardiola would have given a year’s renewal to be able to put a desperate Rodri in the stands on the field at that time. But far from staging a scandalous comeback, City got worse in the second half, because with space, time and security on the scoreboard, Tottenham are much more dangerous.
If this also coincides with Kulusevski, moving from winger to inside, being soft, they need to close the stadium. The Swede started the game 0-3 in his own field, eluding two players and giving Son a long search for Dominic Solanke.
The former Bournemouth player held the ball until Pedro Porro joined the attack and the Spaniard fired a missile to silence an Etihad Stadium stunned by his team’s wreck. Johnson, in the last minute, extended the victory, exposing Kyle Walker who could not follow Timo Werner, author of the decisive pass.
Since October 26, City has lost its five matches played, against Tottenham Hotspur (twice), Sporting de Portugal, Bournemouth and Brighton. Since 2006, they have not experienced so many consecutive defeats. Then it went up to six o’clock. Their record was the seven they tied in 1963.
If they beat Southampton this Sunday, Liverpool will move eight points clear of City. In the history of the Prime Minister, only four times has a greater distance been covered. The five consecutive leagues are starting to seem like a utopia.
