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What's behind Man City's poor form in the Premier League?

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Manchester City are enduring their worst slump in form since Pep Guardiola took charge as manager in 2016. Last season's Treble winners are on a four-game winless streak in the Premier League and have dropped to fourth in the table, six points behind leaders Arsenal, after Wednesday's 1-0 defeat at Aston Villa.

City have conceded nine goals during that sequence of results and against Villa in midweek, Guardiola's side allowed Unai Emery's team 22 shots on goal (City managed just two), which was the joint-most faced by a Guardiola side in a game within Europe's big-five leagues -- a run of 535 games -- according to Opta.