Derby defeat consigns Guardiola to worst start to a season in managerial career

Manchester City's return of 32 points after 16 games is the worst start to a season for the Catalan in a stellar managerial career that has taken in spells at Barcelona and Bayern Munich before his move to England.

The defeat sees the Blues end the day 14 points behind leaders Liverpool, who cantered to a 3-0 victory away at Bournemouth earlier on Saturday.

City could find themselves six points from second if Leicester City can win against Aston Villa on Sunday afternoon. Leicester have won their last seven Premier League games, last losing to Liverpool on October 5.

Conversely City have never won when trailing by more than two goals at the break in the competition, with this their 51st loss, with only one game drawn.

No club has ever trailed the leader by 14 points at any stage of the season and gone on to win the title. City will have to buck that trend if they are to seal a third straight title.

They can take heart in one statistic though: Liverpool are guaranteed to spend Christmas at the top of the tree, but are the only club to have been in first place on December 25 and go on to not win the title.

The Reds have done so three times; most recently last season, when City overcame them.