If you are not careful, you will lose 5 consecutive times? Manchester City will fight fiercely in the remnants of the team. Guardiola faces the most severe test of his coaching career

On the evening of September 14, a Manchester City derby will be staged in the 4th round of the 2025/26 Premier League. Blue Moon Manchester City is at home in Etihad to face the visiting Red Devils Manchester United. In this game, as many as 13 players may be absent due to injuries. After Manchester United, there are two major powerhouses, Naples and Arsenal. If you are not careful, Manchester City's five consecutive losses in the new season may be right in front of you. The most severe test of Guardiola's coaching career is here.

Manchester Guardiola has not been in a good mood recently. After a brief glory in the first round of the new season's away victory over Wolves 4-0, Manchester City lost to Tottenham and Brighton to suffer two consecutive losses in the Premier League in the new season. During the game, the team exposed many problems on both offense and defense. Although Guardiola has always emphasized that he will adhere to the passing and control tactics, it seems that he does not have any good solutions.

Now that the house is in trouble, Manchester City, which is already underperforming, has suffered a large-scale injury. Players on the injured list can form a complete starting lineup from goalkeeper to forward. Of course, some of them have resumed training, but it is not yet known when they will be eligible for the competition.

But ironically, the famous Spanish coach has repeatedly emphasized in public that he does not want to see a team with a bloated lineup, and praised the benefits of a small lineup. Before this, Manchester City had sent away three championships such as De Bruyne, Kyle Walker, Glalish, Akanji, Gundogan and Ederson, and Vittor Rees, Echeviri and McCarthy also left the team on loan or transfer. But Guardiola still seems to be unsatisfied. Now, injuries have helped him realize this wish, leaving him with only a team that has been streamlined to the extreme.

So, when the team collapsed half of the sky, Guardiola had no room for adjustment and no room for fault tolerance. The three future opponents, whether it is Manchester United, whose form has improved, Naples led by former captain De Bruyne, or Gunner Arsenal, who has repeatedly signed heavily in the summer window, are not a good deal. If Manchester City still plays in the previous two games, it is very likely to suffer a three-game losing streak. Including the previous two consecutive losses, it means losing five consecutive times and

will suffer such a series of losses just beginning in the new season, which will be a heavy blow to the morale of the entire Manchester City team. In other words, this will be the most severe test of Guardiola's coaching career. Last season, Manchester City suffered five consecutive losses in various competitions, but Guardiola went against the wind and renewed his contract with Manchester City for two years. At that time, he was still full of confidence in leading the team to counterattack. However, after two transfer windows, as many as 11 players signed, Manchester City still suffered the fate of being out of the Club World Cup and losing streak in the Premier League in the new season.

The biggest problem facing Guardiola is that with the departure of a group of meritorious veterans, only Rodri, B Se, Rubendias and Stones in Manchester City's team have a few players who have a deep understanding of Guardiola's pass control tactics. The other players are not without strength, but their technical characteristics are still a bit difficult to play pass and control tactics. The move to sign the three-time goalkeeper Donaluma in Paris Saint-Germain can be seen as Guardiola will compromise tactically, or as Manchester City is preparing for his departure. Guardiola, who has never been fired in his coaching career, can this time start and end well?