Pep Guardiola, a coach who has had a distinguished career, has never faced a match that was as challenging as the one that they lost to Aston Villa.

At the pitch of Aston Villa, Man City suffered a defeat by a score of 0-1 and consequently surrendered third position to their rival. In addition to being the match in which Pep Guardiola was the most helpless in his coaching career, this was also the match in which Manchester City played their poorest game under the direction of Guardiola.

Opta figures indicate that Manchester City only managed to make a total of two shots for the entirety of the contest. Fans of the English Premier League and those who have been watching international football for a much longer period of time are taken aback by this statistic. This figure has never been seen previously in any of the matches that Pep Guardiola has coached at Barcelona, Bayern Munich, or Manchester City.

Overwhelming assaults are frequently used by teams coached by the Spanish coach against all of their opponents. There has not been a single encounter in which Barcelona, Bayern Munich, or Manchester City have had fewer than two shots on goal (excluding matches in the Spanish, German, and English national championships).

Nevertheless, this statistic is not the most shocking portion of the whole thing. From the opposite direction, Aston Villa sent 22 shots at the opposing team. After Guardiola’s previous 534 matches in charge, this is the highest number of opponents that a side coached by him has ever faced in any match.

There is a great deal of difficulty in maintaining a standoff with Guardiola’s team to the point where they only have two shoots. A match in which Manchester City launches 11 times more shots than Manchester United does is truly something that very few fans and even experts can even fathom.

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To add insult to injury, Manchester City was not only unable to launch an attack, but they also struggled to maintain possession of the ball when playing Aston Villa. Thirteen times in the last third of the field, the home team was successful in gaining possession of the ball. Under the leadership of Guardiola, Manchester City has never suffered such a significant loss at home.

The absence of Rodri was one of the factors that contributed to Man City’s struggles in their match against Aston Villa. As a result of receiving an excessive number of penalty cards, the Spanish midfielder was not permitted to participate in this encounter. As a result of Rodri’s “suspension” that has kept him out of four matches since the beginning of the season, Manchester City has a perfect record of defeat in those matches.