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Manchester City are at risk of missing out on next season’s Champions League thanks to a recent slump in form, manager Pep Guardiola has said.
City, who are looking to qualify for Europe’s top club competition for the 15th consecutive season, have won just one of their last eight Premier League games and are seventh in the table, 12 points behind leaders Liverpool.
Only Arsenal between 1998 and 2017 and Manchester United between 1996 and 2014 have a longer qualifying run among English clubs.
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Guardiola’s side are four points behind Nottingham Forest, who occupy the fourth and final Champions League qualifying spot on Christmas Day.
“When I said it before, people laughed. They say, ‘in the Champions League qualification is not a great success’. But I know that because it happens to clubs in this country,” Guardiola told reporters ahead of their home game against Everton on Boxing Day.
“They were dominant for many years and after many years they did not qualify for the Champions League.
“The only team that has been in the Champions League in recent years is Manchester City. We are in danger now, of course we are.
“If we don’t qualify, it’s because we don’t deserve it, because we weren’t ready and because we had a lot of problems and didn’t solve them.”
After hosting Everton later on Thursday, City travel to Leicester City on December 29.
