- Pep Guardiola admits Man City’s Premier League dominance could be OVER after slipping five points behind Liverpool as Spaniard issues rallying cry to embattled champions
- City went down 2-1 to Brighton as Guardiola hit unwanted record in his career
- The Spaniard admitted ‘there is always a first time in life’ on the back of the loss
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- Pep Guardiola conceded that the
- Premier League may already be out of Manchester City’s reach after he fell to a fourth consecutive defeat for the first time in his managerial career and Liverpool capitalised by going five points clear at the top.
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Maybe after seven years winning six Premier Leagues, maybe one year another team deserves it,’ said Guardiola after City’s defeat at Brighton.
Fabian Hurzeler’s side came from behind to win with Joao Pedro cancelling out Erling Haaland’s opener before Matt O’Riley scored the winner on his Premier League debut.
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‘There is always a first time in life,’ said Guardiola. ‘Normally, people lose games. This is my challenge. I love a challenge. I won’t step back. More than ever, I want to do it. When my players come back, I have no doubt that we will be back at our best,’ the City boss added.
On Sky Sports, Jamie Redknapp described City’s second-half performance as ‘one of the worst halves of football’ that he had seen from a Guardiola side.
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Pep Guardiola has admitted Man City’s Premier League domination is at risk after another loss 
+5View galleryPremier League champions City lost for the fourth game in a row as Brighton beat them 2-1 
It’s the first time City have lost four games in a row since August 2006, when Stuart Pearce was manager of the club. But Guardiola refused to see it as a sign of City’s era coming to an end.
‘It’s what the people want. We are not finished yet. It’s normal because we win a lot. It happens. Under Jurgen (Klopp), Liverpool after winning the Champions League and Premier League had Virgil van Dijk injured and went to the Europa League,’ he said.
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