Guardiola’s side have dropped 13 points at home from a possible 39 this season Carl Recine/ReutersPep Guardiola has admitted that Manchester City’s slapdash home form, which continued with the disappointing goalless stalemate with Stoke City last night, has been responsible for undermining their Premier League title challenge. Stoke became the fifth team this season to draw at the Etihad Stadium following on from Everton, Southampton, Middlesbrough and Tottenham Hotspur and, with Chelsea winning in front of City’s supporters, the number of points dropped has reached 13 from a possible 39. Our results away are much better than at home. Maybe next season will be the opposite, you never can control thatGuardiola’s side boast the seventh best home record in the top flight with league leaders Chelsea collecting 36 from a possible 39. A frustrating evening in which they could not penetrate a superbly organised Stoke defence meant City missed the chance to cut Chelsea’s lead at the summit to eight…

Source: The Times March 09, 2017 09:03 UTC