Pep Guardiola has suffered a rare pair of back-to-back league defeats (John Walton/PA)
Pep Guardiola lost back-to-back Premier League games for only the third time as Manchester City went down 1-0 to Arsenal on Sunday.
It has happened only six times in all competitions for City under Guardiola and here, the PA news agency looks at the Spaniard’s overall managerial record.
Arsenal celebrate victory over Manchester City (John Walton/PA)
Gabriel Martinelli’s winner for Arsenal followed Hwang Hee-chan’s for Wolves against City last weekend.
It was the first time City had taken no points from a pair of league games since losing to Crystal Palace and Leicester across Christmas 2018.
Luka Milivojevic’s penalty proved decisive for Palace before Kevin De Bruyne cut the final margin to 3-2, and Leicester then overcame Bernardo Silva’s Boxing Day opener to win 2-1 through Marc Albrighton and Ricardo Pereira.
The Foxes were also the team to inflict City’s second successive loss in December 2016, Jamie Vardy with a hat-trick as Claudio Ranieri’s side won 4-2. Sergio Aguero and Fernandinho were suspended after late red cards as City lost their previous game 3-1 to Chelsea.
Ricardo Pereira, third left, and Leicester celebrate victory over Manchester City on Boxing Day 2018, the last time Guardiola lost back-to-back league games (Nick Potts/PA)
Before this weekend, City were out on their own in terms of time without back-to-back Premier League defeats.
Ten teams had suffered that fate this season – Burnley, Sheffield United and Bournemouth most recently, plus West Ham, Brentford, Luton, Manchester United, Wolves, Newcastle and Everton.
Eight more of the 20 current top-flight sides – Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham, Aston Villa, Fulham,
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