It is the third time that the Spaniard has lost three times in a row in his career, the second for Manchester City
After defeats to Tottenham and Bournemouth, in the English League Cup and the Premier League, respectively, both 1-2, Manchester City suffered the third consecutive setback, this time on the visit to the José Alvalade Stadium, when they were beaten by Sporting in the League of Champions (1-4).
This situation has only happened twice in Pep Guardiola’s career, once at the English club, where he has been since 2016, having played 489 games and lost 66 times. To do this we have to go back to the 2017/18 season, when the citizens they were defeated by Liverpool (1-2), at Anfield, for the millionaire league, then by José Mourinho’s Manchester United (2-3), for the Premier League and again by the team coached by Jurgen Klopp (1-2), in the second leg of the quarter-finals.
Three years earlier, at Bayern, it happened even worse… four defeats in a row: 0-2 at Leverkusen, in 2015, 0-1, in Munich, with Augsburg and 1-2 at Freiburg, all in the Bundesliga. Finally, 0-3 in Barcelona, for the first leg of the Champions League semi-final.
This is also only the third time that Guardiola has conceded four goals in a competition game, having lost in Munich to Real Madrid (0-4) in 2013/14, with two goals from Cristiano Ronaldo, in the semi-finals of the competition. Champions and also in Barcelona (4-0), in 2016/17, for the group stage, with a hat-trick by Lionel Messi.
Since September 2020, the Catalan has not suffered a defeat as heavy as tonight in Alvalade
