Manchester City suffered its biggest ever defeat at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday evening. Tottenham Hotspur won 0-4, in a match that produced some amazing statistics. VI summarizes it.
• The last time Man City lost a match at home by four goals was in 2003. At that time, Man City were still playing at Maine Road. 21 years ago it was Arsenal that won 1-5, Dennis Bergkamp was responsible for the first goal of the day. Giovanni van Bronckhorst was also on the pitch, facing a Man City team that contained slightly fewer stars: Nash, Dunne, Howey, Sommeil, Jihai Sun, Berkovic, Foé, Belmadi, Jensen, Fowler and Anelka.
• It went wrong five times in a row for Man City, which is the reigning national champion of England. The last time an English champion lost five in a row was 68 (!) years ago. Chelsea failed badly in 1956, only to finish sixteenth in the league.
• The fact that Man City has now lost five times in a row means that the club has not won since Rodri won the Ballon d’Or on October 29. It is the first time since April 2006 that Man City has not won five times in a row.
• For Guardiola, this also equaled his personal record defeat as a manager. These figures have gone wrong three times before. In 2014, as coach of Bayern Munich, he lost 4-0 to Real Madrid, two years later Man City went wrong against Barcelona and in 2017 it was none other than Ronald Koeman who, as manager of Everton, defeated Guardiola 4-0. treated.
• Guardiola will already be anxiously awaiting February 25, 2025, when Tottenham will be the opponent again. No club’s manager has lost more oftenthe counter now stands at nine defeats.
• The team’s four defeats against Tottenham were suffered away from home, meaning an unbeaten home run is only now coming to an end. In all competitions, Man City have not lost at home 52 times in a rowuntil the record defeat against Tottenham.
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