Pep Guardiola throughout Manchester Metropolis’s 2-1 defeat at Brighton and Hove Albion (Picture by Sky Sports activities)
Manchester Metropolis’s disappointing type continued on Saturday after they let a one-goal lead slip in opposition to Brighton and Hove Albion, finally occurring to lose 2-1 on the AMEX Stadium after second half targets from Joao Pedro and Matt O’Riley cancelled out Erling Haaland’s opener on 23 minutes.
It’s one other damaging outcome for Manchester Metropolis, who would discover themselves 5 factors behind Liverpool if Arne Slot’s facet defeat Aston Villa at Anfield on Saturday night time. Not solely that, fellow title challengers Arsenal may lose to inside two factors in the event that they have been to defeat Chelsea on the Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
Matt O’Riley on his Premier League DEBUT! ?
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Brighton defeats means Manchester Metropolis have misplaced 4 in a row
The defeat on the south coast signifies that Manchester Metropolis have misplaced every of their final 4 matches throughout all competitions. The streak began with the Carabao Cup loss at Tottenham, earlier than one other 2-1 defeat within the Premier League in opposition to AFC Bournemouth. Pep Guardiola’s facet have been thumped 4-1 by a Viktor Gyokeres-inspired Sporting CP facet in midweek, that means that the collapse at Brighton makes it 4 defeats in a row.
For Guardiola, it is a piece of undesirable historical past. Since beginning his senior managerial profession at Barcelona in 2008, he had solely ever misplaced 4 aggressive matches in a row as soon as (with Bayern Munich) – now, it’s twice.
Manchester Metropolis had initially coped effectively with the absence of Rodri Hernandez, having gained six of the primary seven matches that he missed after struggling a severe knee harm in opposition to Arsenal in September. Nevertheless, it’s turning into clear that he’s an enormous miss for Guardiola, which might be why a substitute is to be sought in January.