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How Man City compare in worst Premier League title defences

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Manchester City slumped to yet another defeat on Saturday as the defending Premier League champions fell to a 2-1 loss at Aston Villa that, just to rub salt into the wound, saw their opponents leapfrog them in the table.

The four-time reigning champions of England are finding their bid for a fifth consecutive crown tough going. Pep Guardiola's side have won just one of their past eight league games, that run extending to one in 12 matches in all competitions. Having played 17 league games, City are sixth in the table with 27 points (nine behind leaders Liverpool, who play one of their two games in hand on the champions on Sunday) as we head into the Christmas period and toward the halfway mark of the campaign.