Sporting Lisbon surprised Manchester Metropolis on Matchday 4 of the UEFA Champions League, overturning an early deficit to safe a 4-1 victory and handing Pep Guardiola his third consecutive defeat. However when was the final time the Spanish coach misplaced three matches in a row?
After Metropolis took the lead within the fourth minute, Sporting responded with two penalty targets and a late clincher from Viktor Gyokeres, including to a tally accomplished by Maximiliano Araújo. The defeat follows current losses to Tottenham Hotspur within the Carabao Cup and Bournemouth within the Premier League. But, Guardiola has endured this kind of stretch earlier than at Metropolis.
The final time Guardiola’s Manchester Metropolis misplaced three consecutive video games was in April 2018, in the course of the 2017-18 season. That month, Metropolis confronted a vital stretch, taking over Liverpool within the Champions League quarterfinals and Manchester United within the Premier League.
Towards Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool, Metropolis suffered a 3-0 defeat at Anfield within the first leg. Over the weekend, they fell once more, dropping 3-2 at house to Manchester United. Looking for redemption within the second leg on the Etihad Stadium, Metropolis’s comeback bid fell brief as they misplaced 2-1, marking Guardiola’s earlier three-game dropping streak.
Guardiola nearing a unfavorable file in his profession
Guardiola matched his loss-streak after 6 years, and followers are claiming for solutions. Subsequent Manchester Metropolis recreation will probably be towards Brighton on the Group Stadium, and if the Seagulls handle to ship one other loss the Pep, it’ll mark the primary time Pep reaches 4 losses in a row as a coach.
Gyokeres, the goal-scoring machine for Amorim
Viktor Gyokeres was relentless towards Metropolis, netting twice from the penalty spot and as soon as from open play, whereas Metropolis’s Erling Haaland missed his likelihood, placing the crossbar on a penalty try.
Gyokeres, who constantly delivered for English aspect Coventry Metropolis earlier than becoming a member of Sporting, continues his spectacular scoring streak, with 66 targets in his final 67 video games – establishing himself as a rising drive in European soccer.
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