Pep Guardiola concedes title after Goodison Park rout

Where to begin with this latest shambolic Manchester City performance, the latest question mark to have been raised over Pep Guardiola and his efforts to turn the world’s wealthiest football club into its most successful?

The simple analysis involves the fact that goals from Romelu Lukaka and Kevin Mirallas put Everton firmly in control before teenagers Tom Davies and Ademola Lookman, with their first goals for the club, completed the rout.

But, as Guardiola all but waved the white flag of surrender towards Chelsea in this season’s title race, the questions mount above and beyond the sheer wonder of how the world’s most highly-rated coach has managed to lose four of his last eight league games and, at Goodison yesterday, fell to the biggest league defeat of his managerial career.