Manchester City sleepwalking as season slipping

West Ham 2 Man City 2

You have to go back to mid-October to find the last time Manuel Pellegrini’s men won back-to-back Premier League games, when they demolished Bournemouth 5-1 a fortnight after thrashing Newcastle 6-1.

On Saturday, they did not go remotely close to matching those heady days, when City looked best-placed to take advantage of Chelsea’s travails and Manchester United’s ongoing problems.