Guardiola faces tough questions as City collapse continues
China DailyMatt O'Riley scores the winner for Brighton against Manchester City in the English Premier League on Saturday. Second-placed City hasn't lost four games in a row since 2006 — two years before the Abu Dhabi takeover of the club and 10 years before Guardiola's game-changing arrival in the blue side of Manchester. However, like in the 4-1 loss to Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League on Tuesday, City couldn't maintain its level in the second half, and Brighton fought back, with Joao Pedro equalizing in the 78th minute and setting up Premier League debutant Matt O'Riley for the winner in the 83rd. City's losing run started at Tottenham in the English League Cup last week, before a 2-1 defeat at Bournemouth in the league — its first league defeat in 11 months. "If you asked me before the season started, I would not say we were candidates," Liverpool midfielder Alexis Mac Allister said about his team's title chances, "but now it looks like."