- City struggling in the Premier League
- Winless in their last four matches
- Guardiola makes bizarre "cat" comment
Getty‘We’ve lived like a cat’ - Pep Guardiola uses bizarre analogy to explain Man City’s poor form but claims he ‘needs’ four-game winless run as a wake-up call

Virgin Media
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✅ Allows you to bolt TNT Sports onto an existing TV package on a 31-day rolling basis for around £25 a month.
✅ Broadband-only customers can use the free Stream box to add and drop the Sky Sports HD pack on a 30-day rolling basis.

EE
✅ The "Sport Plus" tier bundles both Sky Sports (via NOW) and TNT Sports into one seamless package to cover all 267 televised matches.
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HBO Max
✅ Streams all 52 TNT Sports matches, making it the exclusive home for the early 12:30 pm Saturday fixtures.
✅ Provides exclusive coverage of select full midweek matchdays.
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NOW
✅ Streams the entire Sky Sports Premier League catalogue over the internet to smart TVs and mobile devices without a satellite dish or installation wait.
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✅ Offers 24-hour Day Memberships for £14.99 if you only want to watch a single specific derby or match.
Virgin Media
✅ Combines superfast home broadband and live Premier League broadcasting into a single household bill.
✅ Allows you to bolt TNT Sports onto an existing TV package on a 31-day rolling basis for around £25 a month.
✅ Broadband-only customers can use the free Stream box to add and drop the Sky Sports HD pack on a 30-day rolling basis.

EE
✅ The "Sport Plus" tier bundles both Sky Sports (via NOW) and TNT Sports into one seamless package to cover all 267 televised matches.
✅ Allows you to upgrade or downgrade your TV tier each month without breaking your 24-month broadband contract.
✅ Includes the Apple TV 4K or EE TV Box Pro for high-end viewing and easy multi-room streaming setups.
WHAT HAPPENED?
The reigning English champions have been far from their best in the recent past. They have slipped to the fourth spot and find themselves six points behind leaders Arsenal after losing against Aston Villa on Wednesday.
Guardiola believes that they have stroked gently like a cat on its back for a long time and it is time they wake up to realise that this is business time.
WHAT GUARDIOLA SAID
Speaking to reporters after the Villa defeat, Guardiola said: "As a manager I sometimes need that – I need that challenge. For a long time we’ve lived like a cat [stroking his head] and [known] how good we are. We need it to say: ‘Guys this business – it’s terrible.’"
GettyTHE BIGGER PICTURE
Guardiola guided City to a historic treble in the previous campaign but warned his players that if they do not pull up their socks then they might not qualify for the Champions League next season. But they have time on their side to turn the tide and once again challenge for the title. Titles are won and lost in May and it is still early December with more than half of the fixtures yet to play for.
GettyWHAT NEXT FOR MANCHESTER CITY?
City will next travel to Kenilworth Road to take on Luton Town on Saturday. Rob Edwards' men are still licking their wounds after Declan Rice put a dagger through their hearts with a 97-th minute-winner and they will looking to hurt City, especially when they are down, with a raucous support from the 12th man in the stands.
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