Manchester City’s miserable run of form continued on Saturday night with a shock 4-0 English Premier League thrashing by Tottenham Hotspur at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.
It is the first time in Pep Guardiola’s successful managerial career that he has lost five games in a row across all competitions.
James Maddison netted twice in the space of seven first-half minutes, while Pedro Porro struck shortly after the break and Brennan Johnson added a fourth goal deep in added time to end City’s club record run of 52 consecutive home matches unbeaten in all competitions.
Manchester City remain second in the table on 23 points but are five points adrift of leaders Liverpool, with the Reds having a game in hand, while Spurs climbed to sixth on 19 points after 12 games.
Guardiola’s defending champions, who have won the title an unprecedented four times in a row, were disjointed defensively and paid the price in the 13th minute when Maddison side-footed in a cross from Dejan Kulusevksi.
Maddison doubled the lead seven minutes later when he chipped the ball over grounded goalkeeper Ederson after another defensive error.
Porro put the match out of reach in the 52nd minute when Dominic Solanke cut back the ball for the Spaniard who unleashed a first-time effort past Ederson, and then substitute Johnson added one more in the 93rd minute in front of City’s shell-shocked fans.
