Man City lost to Tottenham at Etihad Stadium

"You'll be sacked tomorrow morning," Tottenham fans chanted in unison to mock coach Pep Guardiola in the final minutes of the match. For the first time in his coaching career, the 53-year-old coach has lost five consecutive matches, despite having just renewed his contract with Man City for another season.

Man City's 52-match unbeaten run at the Etihad Stadium also came to a painful end for Guardiola's men. Midfielder James Maddison scored twice in the first half, while Pedro Porro and Brennan Johnson scored in the second half to help Tottenham sink the defending champions.

The match took place on Maddison's 28th birthday and the England midfielder received two indirect gifts from team-mate and opponent Josko Gvardiol.

In the 13th minute, Gvardiol lost the ball to Dejan Kulusevski, allowing the Swedish midfielder to cross the ball into the penalty area, right at Maddison's reach, and tap the ball in from close range to open the scoring. Seven minutes later, the Croatian defender again made a dangerous pass at home, which was intercepted by the visitors. Son Heung-min then passed the ball to Maddison, who chipped the ball past the goalkeeper into the net, raising the score to 2-0.

Before the match, the Etihad crowd was delighted to see midfielder Rodri show off the 2024 Ballon d'Or, the biggest individual award a Man City player has ever won. However, the Spanish midfielder is still recovering from an injury until the end of the season, and even Mateo Kovacic is injured, leaving the home team without a holding midfielder and a holding midfielder.

Seeing their team fail, Man City fans missed Rodri even more. However, Pep Guardiola's attack also created many good chances but missed them all. Several times when he had good shooting opportunities, Erling Haaland hit goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario. When Vicario was defeated, like in the 60th minute, the crossbar denied the Norwegian striker a goal.

Man City had 23 shots but failed to score, while Tottenham needed just nine chances to score four goals past Ederson. From a counter-attack early in the second half, striker Dominic Solanke passed to the second line for defender Porro to shoot hard into the far corner, scoring the third goal for the visitors.

Also in Manchester, Tottenham beat Man Utd 3-0 earlier this season, and now they have even more to sink Man City. In the second half's injury time, striker Timo Werner dribbled down the left flank while Kyle Walker failed to get back to intercept. The German played his part as he crossed for Johnson to dive in and tap into the empty net, sealing a 4-0 victory.

This is the first time Man City have lost by four goals at home under Guardiola. Worse, they have lost five games in a row, with their next Premier League opponent being leaders Liverpool, at Anfield on December 1.

But before that, Guardiola's army had a chance to end their losing streak when they met the visiting team Feyenoord in round 5 of the Champions League on the evening of November 26.