Manchester City slump far from irreversible
Hindustan TimesKolkata: After India stunningly snapped their record 16-Test winning streak in 2001, Australia, sore losers at the best of times, had players and staff at Eden Gardens saying it had to happen someday. The domination of the Premier League, six titles in seven seasons including four in a row, for the defending champions will end at one point, Guardiola said after the 1-2 defeat at Brighton on Saturday. “In the next 55 years, City is not going to win the Premier League every year.” His contract ending in 2025, Guardiola then said he was going to try and ensure that City win it one more time. City haven’t lost four in a row since 2006, Guardiola had only once in a coaching career of nearly 20 years but since one of the defeats came after penalties, technically it does not count. For all talk of the end of an era – “it is what people would want because we won a lot,” said Guardiola – after consecutive defeats in 11 days, City are second in the league standings, five points behind Liverpool, with 27 matches to go.