Pep Guardiola's dig amid Erling Haaland anger as Man City look to get their season back on track

Manchester City will be keen to get to next week's November international break after a bruising run of fixtures.

A number of injuries have hampered City's progress in recent weeks and the situation has caught up with them on the pitch.

Pep Guardiola's side have lost their last three matches in all competitions, culminating in a humiliating 4-1 loss to Sporting CP in Lisbon on Tuesday night.

The Portuguese champions are managed by incoming Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim, too, adding further salt to City wounds.

In the aftermath of that loss, and as we build towards Saturday's Premier League trip to Brighton and Hove Albion, here's a round up of today's key Man City headlines.

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Haaland has got himself in the right positions and had plenty of shots, but they just aren't going in. He registered his second-highest expected goals figure in a City shirt against Southampton but only scored one, had two or three great efforts at Bournemouth but couldn't find the back of the net, and at Sporting he looked in the mood once more - only to spurn a number of good chances.

The best opportunity of the lot came from the penalty spot, given extremely fortunately in City's favour at 3-1 down. A delay seemingly interrupted his focus and Haaland's spot kick smacked the bar and flew over. What is it about Haaland and penalties in Europe?

He has had 17 shots on goal since his successful effort against Southampton, of which eight have been on target. He's hardly out of form, but he's not in form either.

Haaland was first to slam the ball down