Pep Guardiola's side contrived to lose the derby on Sunday from a winning position with just minutes to play as United staged an improbable comeback handed to them by individual errors and a crisis of City confidence.
The Blues have now won just one of their past 11 games and manager and players seem incapable of finding a solution.
And even when they are on the brink of a victory that could be a catalyst to improvement, they find new ways to turn wins into draws or defeats.
City were in front against Sporting, Brighton, Feyenoord and United in this recent malaise and managed to lose three and draw one of those matches.
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