Shaken Pep Guardiola admits title race could be over NEXT WEEK as ‘fragile’ Man City suffer fifth defeat in a row

SHAKEN Pep Guardiola admitted “fragile” Manchester City are successful situation aft suffering a FIFTH successive defeat.

The four-in-a-row champions’ rubric defence is successful tatters aft Guardiola’s heaviest location nonaccomplishment arsenic City boss — days aft signing a caller two-year deal.

Guardiola said: “Of people everything is not fine. In 8 years we person ne'er lived this benignant of situation. In this infinitesimal we are fragile.

“There are nary fairytales successful beingness and sport. Sometimes you person to unrecorded done these situations.

“You person to judge it. You can’t blasted each other, you person to enactment together.

“It would beryllium a mistake to change. Run away? Absolutely not, we person to basal up much than ever. What volition specify america is erstwhile we fail, we basal up and look it.”

Guardiola, who suffered a FIFTH successive decision for the archetypal clip successful his managerial career, added: “We are acrophobic erstwhile we don’t win. It’s normal.

“There would beryllium a occupation if my players were not disquieted oregon that I wasn’t worried.

“I don’t cognize what volition hap this season, but not for 1 2nd volition I not judge successful the players.

“There is nary squad successful the satellite that tin prolong occurrence for eight, nine, 10 years successful a row.

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“We volition analyse it, spell to the next crippled and spot what happens.”

A treble from day lad James Maddison, positive goals from Pedro Porro and Brennan Johnson sealed Spurs’ Etihad rout.

The decision leaves City 5 points down Prem leaders Liverpool, who play astatine rock-bottom Southampton today.

It was the archetypal clip since Chelsea successful 1956 that the top-flight champions person mislaid FIVE games successful a row.

Spurs’ stunning triumph besides ended City’s 35-match unbeaten location Prem run.

A decision to Liverpool astatine Anfield next Sunday could spot them 11 POINTS adrift and, asked if that spread would beryllium excessively large to overcome, Guardiola said: “Yep, due to the fact that Liverpool support winning.”

Delighted Tottenham brag Ange Postecoglou said: “I’m arrogant of the lads. To travel to City is simply a daunting prospect. It challenges each portion of you.

“We had to beryllium disciplined and enactment hard — and play decent football — and we did that.”

And helium heaped praise connected two-goal Maddison.

Postecoglou said: “He was outstanding. Madders was great.”

Maddison, 28, added: “That’s a day I’ll look backmost connected rather fondly.

“To travel present to the champions and execute similar that and get the result. You person to cherish these ones, they don’t travel astir often.

“We were brilliant. It was everything we wanted to amusement of a apical Spurs team.

“We were clinical, we pressed astatine times. We weathered the storm, had determination and scored 4 superb goals.”