What Man City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak has told Pep Guardiola about his future amid winless run

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

Any other manager in world football might feel under pressure with a run of nine defeats in 12 and just one win in that period.

Not Pep Guardiola. The City manager has always said he will honour the contracts he signed, unless his bosses ask him to leave.

With six Premier League titles in seven years including the last four titles, Guardiola's position remains as safe as it has ever been despite the losing run, and his recent admissions that he has not been good enough over the last two months.

Opposition fans have mocked Guardiola by singing 'sacked in the morning' during the winless run, and some pundits have wondered whether the change in fortunes on the pitch could prompt the manager to walk away.