Manchester City fans have been told about the reality of Pep Guardiola's future at the club amid their spiralling form.

Pep Guardiola appears to have no fix for Jack Grealish’s slump – or Manchester City’s as a wholePerhaps the most startling aspect of Manchester City’s ongoing, real-time collapse, which continued here with a 2-1 defeat by a vigorous, happy-looking Aston Villa, is the lack of any sense of struggle, desperation, or even any real variation. You lost. Lose again. Lose the same way.Eleven games and eight defeats into that run, nobody outside the players really has any clue how or why City have been reduced to what they looked like here, a team playing Dignitas football, always aware of that spectre in the corner of the room, already hearing the clank of the scythe. Continue reading...

Erling Haaland struggled once again against Aston Villa, with the Manchester City striker only scoring once in his last six matches - but his manager Pep Guardiola refused to let him take the blame

It was an explosive homecoming for the ex-Villa hero as Pep Guardiola's flops crashed to yet another defeat

Jhon Duran and Morgan Rogers scored to condemn Manchester City to their sixth defeat in their last eight matches.

ASTON VILLA 2-1 MANCHESTER CITY: Pep Guardiola's struggles continued as Morgan Rogers starred against his former club, bagging a goal and an assist for Unai Emery's side

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola liked Erling Haaland's reaction to their Aston Villa defeat but disagreed with him

Happy Christmas, Pep. For Manchester City and Guardiola, this was another painful destruction, an unthinkable ninth defeat in 12 matches for a team who have flipped from formidable to fragile and flat. City have now lost six of their past eight Premier League matches, as many as they gave up en route to the title in 2020-21, the worst of their championship-winning seasons. They could end the weekend as low as ninth.Guardiola, in a long black cloak and boots, wandered over to the increasingly bewildered away fans. Then came a deep puff of the cheeks. These are hard times. For Unai Emery and Villa, this was another triumph, Jhon Durán and Morgan Rogers scoring fine goals to overpower the visitors. Continue reading...

Pep Guardiola has made a host of changes to his Manchester City side for their clash at Aston Villa with Kyle Walker among those to be dropped as the right-back struggles for form

Pep Guardiola looks to halt crisis at Villa Park