Manchester City was the most dominant team in world football. Now it can't win a game.
Winners of six of the last seven English Premier League titles, Manchester City has just one win in their last 10 games in all competitions.
Right now, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has the look of Roman Emperor Romulus Augustulus when Rome fell in A.D. 476. He knows his masterpiece is falling, and he is powerless to stop it from crumbling.
Last weekend, Manchester City conceded two late goals in the Manchester derby, or rivalry match, to lose to bitter rivals Manchester United 2-1. City fans inside their Etihad Stadium home sat in near silence. Nobody was angry. They’ve witnessed greatness for almost a decade under Guardiola, but this silence was somber. Absolutely nobody saw this run of just one win in the last 12 games in all competitions coming.
Manchester City has won six of the last seven English Premier League titles and eight of the last 13. It’s a dynasty.
A few months ago it became the only team in English soccer history to win four straight top flight titles. It won the treble (the Premier League, European Champions League and FA Cup trophies) the season before that, becoming just the second team in English history to do so. Everything was going historically well. What could possibly go wrong?
Fast-forward a few months, and City is broken. Badly. It has lost six of its last eight Premier League games. It lost just 11 Premier League games in total over the previous three seasons combined.
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