Manchester City: Five reasons why Pep Guardiola’s side will struggle to win ANYTHING this term

MANCHESTER CITY were dumped out of the EFL Cup last night by rivals Manchester United after a 1-0 loss.

And it just has not been going well for Pep Guardiola and his charges.

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He may have started the season in fine fashion, but the magic is wearing off for the Spaniard. City have failed to win in the whole of this month and Pep is on the worst run of his managerial career.

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Here are five reasons why Manchester City will struggle to win ANYTHING this season...

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1 Pep's lost his aura of invincibility

Pep Guardiola says he is refusing to panic, but soon there will be no choice but to hit the panic button. City have not won in six matches – that is the longest Guardiola has gone without a win in his managerial career. It's been over a month since City last recorded a victory, and this is arguably the toughest test of his career.

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2 City are still incredibly shaky at the back

The £47.5million addition of John Stones during the summer has not been able to paper over the cracks in City's shaky back four. Vincent Kompany is constantly injured, and the likes of Nicolas Otamendi are simply not good enough. Stones himself has been prone to errors since his big move.

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3 Pep's lost the dressing room

From 50-minute inquests to banning wifi at the training ground – it is clearly an unhappy place at Manchester City at the moment under Guardiola. Will he be able to get his confidence-shot players firing again?

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4 There is something wrong with Sergio Aguero

Sergio Aguero started the season with 11 goals in six  matches, what has followed is no goals in his last six games. Despite their big investments in recent years, a secondary striker to compete with Ageuro was never bought, and Kelechi Iheanacho is not fancied enough to lead the line yet.

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5 Yaya Toure dispute has angered fans

Ivorian powerhouse Yaya Toure has been City's best player over the last few seasons but has been totally frozen out by Guardiola this season, while he waits to leave the club. Guardiola's hard-nosed approach has not worked, how they could have used Toure, who is still pocketing £200,000 a week, in the middle many times this season.