Is this really Pep Guardiola's biggest ever crisis and how has he solved disasters of the past? Man City boss has dropped Kevin de Bruyne and Vincent Kompany, and splashed the cash at Bayern Munich

Pep Guardiola and crisis are two terms that have rarely been associated with one another in the Spaniard's legendary two-decade managerial career. Pep Guardiola is in the midst of the worst run of his career, going six matches without a win City plumbed new depths after blowing a three-goal lead in the last 15 minutes versus Feyenoord Guardiola was left with a number of cuts and marks after the Champions League debacle Most managers look to the past for inspiration as to how a crisis can be solved but, as we have established, Guardiola is in unchartered territory. Kylian Mbappe helped to inflict a disastrous Champions League defeat on Man City in 2017 The defeat led to a miserable run in the Premier League with City losing to Chelsea As with many of Pep Guardiola's bad runs it was solved by an easy fixture, this time versus Hull Failing to win just three matches by February 2009, the Catalan side were flying but hit a brick wall in a troublesome month as Guardiola was forced to negotiate the first tough spell of his career. Guardiola suffered a minor blip in an otherwise immensely successful first season at Barcelona The likes of Thierry Henry formed a dream team which struggled to five games without a win But Guardiola stuck to his guns and Lionel Messi helped the side to a victory over Athletic Bilbao A Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang equaliser took the semi-final to spot kicks that day before Guardiola's men missed all four of their attempts. Guardiola and Dortmund boss Jurgen Klopp almost came to blows after Bayern lost on penalties The result prompted an atrocious run which also saw Bayern crash out of the Champions League Guardiola sorted the issue by spending money, including on midfielder Arturo Vidal Guardiola can use these previous sagas as a reference point for his current woes but none quite compare to the crisis he finds himself in now.