Sporting Lisbon surprised Manchester Metropolis on Matchday 4 of the UEFA Champions League, overturning an early deficit to safe a 4-1 victory and handing Pep Guardiola his third consecutive defeat. However when was the final time the Spanish coach misplaced three matches in a row?
After Metropolis took the lead within the fourth minute, Sporting responded with two penalty objectives and a late clincher from Viktor Gyokeres, including to a tally accomplished by Maximiliano Araújo. The defeat follows latest losses to Tottenham Hotspur within the Carabao Cup and Bournemouth within the Premier League. But, Guardiola has endured the sort of stretch earlier than at Metropolis.
The final time Guardiola’s Manchester Metropolis misplaced three consecutive video games was in April 2018, in the course of the 2017-18 season. That month, Metropolis confronted a important stretch, taking up Liverpool within the Champions League quarterfinals and Manchester United within the Premier League.
In opposition to Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool, Metropolis suffered a 3-0 defeat at Anfield within the first leg. Over the weekend, they fell once more, shedding 3-2 at house to Manchester United. Looking for redemption within the second leg on the Etihad Stadium, Metropolis’s comeback bid fell brief as they misplaced 2-1, marking Guardiola’s earlier three-game shedding streak.
Guardiola nearing a unfavorable report in his profession
Guardiola matched his loss-streak after 6 years, and followers are claiming for solutions. Subsequent Manchester Metropolis sport shall be towards Brighton on the Neighborhood Stadium, and if the Seagulls handle to ship one other loss the Pep, it’ll mark the primary time Pep reaches 4 losses in a row as a coach.
Gyokeres, the goal-scoring machine for Amorim
Viktor Gyokeres was relentless towards Metropolis, netting twice from the penalty spot and as soon as from open play, whereas Metropolis’s Erling Haaland missed his probability, placing the crossbar on a penalty try.
Gyokeres, who constantly delivered for English aspect Coventry Metropolis earlier than becoming a member of Sporting, continues his spectacular scoring streak, with 66 objectives in his final 67 video games – establishing himself as a rising pressure in European soccer.
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