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#3 Getting relegated after winning the league a season before
Traditionally Manchester City have not defended titles well. Hence it would be a big challenge for Guardiola to defend his title if Manchester City win the league this season.
The worst title defence came in the 1937/38 season when Manchester City got relegated after winning the league title just 12 months before.
It was City’s first title in their history which was sweetened more by the fact that their arch-rivals Manchester United had just been relegated. However, a year later, it was their turn to face the music as they finished second from bottom with 36 points culminating in the worst defence of the title.
Surprisingly, City began their relegation season better than their title-winning campaign when they had won just 2 of their first 10 games. However, City could not recover as they had done in their previous season, losing 1-0 to Huddersfield on the final day to head to the second division.
Ultimately, it took them another 10 years to return to the first division although football had lost seven years to World War II.
