He was used to winning at Arsenal: this is what must happen in the Manchester City morgue to alleviate the pessimism of Pep Guardiola and his players.

Manchester City are going through their worst spell in 18 years, and Pep Guardiola will be left sweating over how the situation will change.

That is the view of Arsenal icon Martin Keown, who told talkSPORT that Citizens The stars will now wonder where their next victory will come from.

City, for the first time since August 2006, have lost four consecutive games in all competitions after the defeat 2-1 in Brighton before the international break.

It's an unwanted first for Guardiolawho had never lost so many games in a row before City's clash at the Amex Stadium in his 17-year coaching career.

Back-to-back Premier League defeats against Bournemouth and Brighton left them behind the leader Liverpool for five points.

While they were also eliminated from the Carabao Cup by Tottenham, with a 4-1 defeat to Sporting Lisbon leaving City tenth in the Champions League standings.

In Manchester the alarms are not exactly ringing in view of the success achieved: it seems that Guardiola is about to get a new contract – City fans now fear a record-extending fifth consecutive Premier League crown is already over with Liverpool threatening to flee.

With games against Spurs and the Reds on the horizon, City, who have struggled due to the absence of the injured midfielder RodriThey know they have to start accumulating points to stay within striking distance.

But Keown, a three-time Premier League winner with ArsenalYou think it's easier said than done.

Speaking exclusively to talkSPORT.com about City's form, Keown He said: “We are seeing a mini-crisis with Manchester City. When you never lose games, how do you keep the pessimism out of the dressing room?

“Because when you walk in it's almost like a morgue, but you have to get some kind of reality check.

“They've been great for four seasons, they just need to start winning again, but at the moment they look like they've fallen off the cliff.

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“And even for Pep, it's difficult. I don't think (the fans) are enjoying it, I think we're all very interested in seeing how they stop the rot and how they improve things.

“But the Champions League has been a big disappointment, losing like they did against Sporting – 4-1 – the manchester united “The coach (Rubén Amorim) without even having arrived at his position, Manchester has probably obtained the most significant result for Man United, and it is not there yet!”

Keown was then asked, as an Arsenal Invincible who was part of a group that went unbeaten for an entire Premier League season, how City's players will react to their worrying poor run after their 32-game unbeaten run in the top flight has recently come to an end. .

“It's interesting, because I remember this happening. Arsene Wenger was really worried, certainly in (the 02/03 season), saying: 'Look, we haven't lost in weeks/months, if we lose a game, how can we do it?' ' Pick this up?'

“Because we don't really know how someone is going to behave, from the outside it looks like they are ruling supreme.

“It's, 'Oh, look at Man City, it's fantastic', but inside you're like, 'Ugh', you're vulnerable.

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“And so you play with a lot of pride with your record, but when you lose it, you start looking around when things don't go your way.

“They are losing goals in spurts, they conceded two quick goals against Brighton, the same thing happened against Sporting, they just need to do the basics.

“And even for Pep, this is difficult to reverse, you go to the training ground with pessimism.”

Keown then reflected on his post-Arsenal career, where he spent the first six months of the 2004/05 campaign at Leicester, before joining Championship contenders Reading in January, where both clubs were not expected to win week in week out. .

“When I went to play for Reading and Leicester, what I noticed when you lost a game was that you came on and there was a bit of a spark.

“As people are used to losing, it's more realistic in football terms, but Manchester City have lived a lovely life for four seasons.

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“And they have to get it back quickly, otherwise it will slip away from them very quickly and they won't really know when the next victory will come.”

“The international break is good for them, but they will come back and they will be delighted to return to their clubs.

“I hope they recover, but even for them it is not easy.”

City will hope to win again against Spurs on November 23, and the north Londoners are also stuttering both domestically and in Europe.

Ange PostecoglouThe men have lost their last two games: against Galatasaray in the Europa League before suffering a surprise at home against Ipswich.

Another defeat for Guardiola could well leave his team out of the title.

But for his sake, he will be desperate because the curse of 'Dr. Tottenham' attack again.