There is not one single reason for Manchester City's inexplicable drop in form. There are many factors, all making the next worse.
Injuries are an inescapable starting point, yet the injuries didn't concede four goals against Sporting and Spurs, or three against Feyenoord, or two against United to collapse.
Injuries haven't stopped any cohesive supply to Erling Haaland, and they can't be blamed for 'stupid' decision-making as Bernardo Silva puts it.
In the stands, the initial reaction to the losing run was supportive. Now, there are murmurs of discontent, even stretching to the manager.
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