Man City: Pep Guardiola admits there's 'nothing to say' as 'fragile' champions stunned by Tottenham

Pep Guardiola challenged "fragile" Manchester City to judge their world and interruption a shocking slump that extended to a 5th consecutive nonaccomplishment arsenic Tottenham ran amok astatine the Etihad Stadium.

The reigning champions' hopes of an unprecedented 5th successive Premier League crown are evaporating arsenic they proceed to spiral.

A tally that started with past month's decision astatine Tottenham successful the Carabao Cup continued arsenic Ange Postecoglou's broadside survived an aboriginal tempest to inflict a humiliating 4-0 defeat connected the shell-shocked hosts connected Saturday.

City's 52-match unbeaten location streak successful each competitions went up successful fume arsenic James Maddison's first-half brace was followed up by Pedro Porro and Brennan Johnson efforts aft the break.

"When you suffer 0-4 determination is thing to say, it's congratulations Tottenham," Guardiola, whose contract hold until 2026 was announced 2 days earlier this thumping, said.

"We struggled a small spot to get the balls back. We are not capable to triumph it oregon the other enactment afterwards but (on the ball) we were rather decent.

"We created a lot, and we created a batch of chances successful beforehand of the keeper. We are a spot fragile close now, that is obvious. We struggled to people goals and after, erstwhile they arrived, they scored.

"We are playing a small spot successful our thoughts, a small spot of negativity but this is normal.

"Football is simply a consciousness of temper and erstwhile you triumph a batch it gives you self-awareness you tin bash it and erstwhile you suffer 3 games successful a enactment successful the Premier League that concern is there. Many things are going to happen.

"We person to interruption the results due to the fact that the victories assistance america to beryllium much affirmative and assured and we person to bash it.

"But aft 8 years present I knew sooner oregon aboriginal we would drop.

"I ne'er expected to suffer 3 Premier League games successful a row, but we person been incredibly accordant again and again and again and present we cannot contradict the world that sometimes happens successful shot and beingness is here.

"We person to bash everything to change, particularly for the adjacent one, but the exceptionality we lived successful 8 years is not eternal. Sometimes you driblet a small bit."

Guardiola says City "cannot tally away" and "have to face" the issues caput connected arsenic Feyenoord get successful the Champions League connected Tuesday earlier adjacent Sunday's travel to table-topping Liverpool.

This is the worst tally of the City boss' managerial vocation but helium believes improvements volition travel arsenic players return, though helium brushed speech immoderate rubric speech aft this latest loss.

"I would accidental erstwhile you suffer 3 games successful a enactment it is the astir incorrect happening to accidental that you volition beryllium champions," Guardiola said.

"I cognize the guys, I cognize they volition beryllium backmost and if I'm going to uncertainty astir them it is thing incorrect astir me.

"Maybe I volition not beryllium bully capable to get backmost successful those situations, and we volition see, but I've been a shot player.

"What we person done successful the past is exceptional but losing 3 Premier League games successful a enactment tin happen. It happened to maine with Barcelona successful LaLiga.

"Now everything is simply a small spot against - erstwhile you consciousness assured the results are good, but present it is the opposite. We person to interruption it speedy and judge it.

"The champion mode to spell done the presumption is judge the reality. It's not astir me, you, the upwind oregon the grass, we person to commencement to winning games.

"Now you realise however hard what we person done is. You tin beryllium worse but erstwhile you said to maine erstwhile you triumph 10 oregon 11 oregon 12 oregon 13 games successful a enactment you're going to triumph earlier the game, I don't know.

"Now we retrieve and connected Tuesday we person to beryllium present again and hopefully we volition alteration the dynamic."