Manchester City’s torrid spell continued as they crashed to a potentially damaging 2-0 loss away to Juventus in the Champions League.
Second-half goals from Dusan Vlahovic and substitute Weston McKennie stunned Pep Guardiola’s side at the Allianz Arena, leaving them in danger of missing out on the knockout stages.
It was a seventh defeat in 10 games in all competitions for City, only one of which has been won, and they are languishing in 22nd place in the Champions League standings.
One win from their final two league games may still be sufficient but they now face a crunch trip to Paris St Germain, who are also at risk of failing to qualify, next month.
City and Guardiola’s inability to arrest their alarming slump will be of serious concern to them, particularly with a derby against Manchester United to come this weekend.
They dominated for large spells against Juve but lacked creativity and penetration.
There was a slow tempo to the first half, perhaps unsurprisingly given Juventus’ tendency to draw matches this season.
Thiago Motta’s side had played out 12 stalemates already this term in either Serie A or the Champions League and they showed little inclination to take risks.
It took 20 minutes for Juve to create the first serious chance of the game.
It came as Kenan Yildiz cut inside from the left and shot from distance but his effort bounced narrowly wide.
City first threatened when Kevin De Bruyne and Ilkay Gundogan combined to release Jeremy Doku but his low ball was cut out by Federico Gatti.
Yildiz turned nicely and played in Vlahovic but the Serb got his footing all wrong. Yildiz had another attempt but Ruben Dias got back to block.
Erling Haaland’s first chance of the night came to him too quickly from a
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