Negative numbers haunt City after the Lisbon defeat

Negative numbers are haunting Manchester City, especially after it was defeated yesterday by Sporting Lisbon, 4-1, during the fourth round of the Champions League.

It had suffered a goalless draw against Italian Inter Milan in the first round of the Champions League, which made it lose 5 points out of 12 points in the first 4 rounds of the competition’s life.

For the first time in 6 years, specifically since April 2018, Manchester City received its third defeat in a row in various tournaments. This is also considered only the third time that City, under the leadership of Guardiola, conceded 4 goals in one match, as Real Madrid and Barcelona succeeded. In achieving this matter before.

The English club also bid farewell to the English League Cup after losing to Tottenham with a score of 2/1, before suffering a loss to Bournemouth in the last round. From the Premier League Championship with the same result.

It also lost control of the top of the English Premier League table, and became in second place with 24 points, one point behind Liverpool, the leader now.