two weeks on from that brighton loss, city welcomed tottenham to the etihad stadium on saturday, boostede news of a guardiola contract extension. it's brilliant, isn't it? that's all you can say. nobody's going to say it's not brilliant, are they? _ fantastic news for all city fans. we're all one big family, and pep's part of the family. it'sjust great. it'll lift the club, lift the players. after eight years in the etihad hot seat, plus the impending departure of key ally txiki begiristain, doubts over guardiola's future had started to surface. now the spaniard has agreed to a new deal that would take his time at the club to a decade. guardiola's spell has brought unprecedented city success, including six premier league titles in seven seasons, and now thoughts can turn to the future. it's going to provide a boost, in the sense that it's very positive news. everybody at the top of the club has got what they wanted. you know, the fans, 99% of the fans will have got what they wanted. the players have got the certainty now. so, you know, in terms of like erling haaland, if he gets a new co

now lost five games in a row for the first time since 2006 after losing 4—0 to tottenham at the etihad stadiumer league games under pep guardiola, who signed a two—year contract extension 48 hours ago. this was also city's worst home league defeat since a 5—1 l

at full—time on saturday evening, there was a sense of shock at the etihad stadium, in truth, among bothupporters. in truth, among both yes, manchester city were on a bad run, but no—one really saw a 4—0 defeat at home to tottenham on the cards this is defeat at home to tottenham on the cards. this is new territory for pep guardiola. in the immediate aftermath, he talked about their fragility and negativity, and breaking the downward trajectory by winning the next game. that's come around quickly. tomorrow night, they face feyenoord in the champions league, and today, 48 hours on from that spurs result, guardiola and kevin de bruyne both vowed to put things right ben croucher reports who is keeping comments? consecutive manchester city defeats, you were right, and then this happened on saturday. pep guardiola has lost five games in a row for the first time in his entire managerial career. their worst run since 2006. saturday was cardio his heaviest home defeat. so what's gone wrong, then? they can point to injuries, john stones came up at half—time, and it is left them vulnerable on the

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