{"id":1369692,"date":"2024-12-01T18:00:41","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T18:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1369692"},"modified":"2024-12-01T22:01:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T22:01:17","slug":"liverpool-man-city-pep-guardiola-poor-form","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/liverpool-man-city-pep-guardiola-poor-form\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool’s dominant win sends Man City back to pre-Guardiola level"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pep Guardiola is currently experiencing the toughest stretch of his managerial career after Liverpool<\/a> defeated his Manchester City<\/a> team 2-0 this afternoon.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Despite being the defending Premier League<\/a> champions, few expected City to overcome the Reds, who had an eight-point lead heading into today’s match.<\/p>\n

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Liverpool’s lead after 13 matches now stands at nine points.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s game was a passing of the torch for one man. Mohamed Salah, the league’s most in-form player, scored and assisted in a Premier League match for the 36th time, equaling the competition record held by Wayne Rooney.<\/p>\n

Salah’s assist for the opening goal was also his 75th for Liverpool in the Premier League, allowing him to surpass Thierry Henry\u2019s record of 74 assists for Arsenal.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Gakpo, who scored the opening goal, became the third Liverpool player this season with over 10 goal involvements across all competitions, adding to his tally of eight goals and two assists. He joins Salah, who has 24 goal involvements, and Luis D\u00edaz, who has 11. Notably, no Premier League team has more players in double figures for goal contributions this season.<\/p>\n

Liverpool’s nine-point lead is their biggest margin as Premier League leaders in the competition since the final day of the 2019-20 campaign, when they won their last title (18 points).<\/p>\n

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    For City, today’s result leaves them in fifth with Arsenal moving into second. The team are in a tailspin of unprecedented (and unwanted) records that are blemishing Guardiola’s legacy.<\/p>\n

    They suffered five consecutive losses before squandering a 3-0 lead against Feyenoord in the Champions League earlier this week, resulting in a 3-3 draw. It is now seven matches since they last won a game, something that has never before occurred in Guardiola’s illustrious coaching career.<\/p>\n

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    Pep Guardiola has now set an unwanted record in each of his last three games in charge of Man City.\u00a0?<\/p>\n

    Against Tottenham, he saw his side lose five consecutive games for the first time in his managerial career.\u00a0<\/p>\n

    Against Feyenoord, he saw his side fail to win after being three\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/LmxDnHoUQ7<\/a><\/p>\n

    — Squawka (@Squawka) December 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n