Aikin Enzo Maresca a matsayin manaja na Manchester City ya ɗauki juyi mai ban tsoro. Abin da ya fara a matsayin farkon mafarki — nasarori bakwai a jere a Premier League — ya rushe zuwa jerin kashi uku a jere, ya bar City a bayan Arsenal da wurare shida kafin hana na kasa da kasa.

Rauni na ƙarshe ya zo a City Ground, inda Nottingham Forest masu raɗaɗi suka murƙushe City 3-1, da masu goyon bayan gida suna rerawa cikin ba'a «shin za mu iya buga ku kowace mako?» yayin da ƙarshen wasa yake kusantowa.

Kuskuren mutum ɗaya ɗaya na ci City asara kuma

Rauni a tsaron baya na ci gaba da cin City. Josko Gvardiol ya ba da ƙwallon a minti na shida, ya ba Jair Cunha damar bude wasan, kuma City ba su taɓa iya murmurewa ba. Tsohon ɗan wasan Liam Delap — yana murna a kan tsohon kulob dinsa — ya ƙara ƙwallaye biyu don rufe batun.

Burin na biyu ya zo ne sakamakon rikici tsakanin Iliman Ndiaye da Elliot Anderson, a lokaci guda Matheus Nunes bai yi ƙoƙarin tsayawa ba kafin na uku. Maresca ya tsananta mataninsa a rabin farko ta asarar Gvardiol da Marc Guehi dukkunsu sanadiyyar rauni, ya tilas ya sake tsara layin, ya sa Nunes a matsayin bek na dama, ya kawo Abdukodir Khusanov zuwa ciki, kuma Nico O'Reilly ya buga a hagu.

Bulalar Rayan Cherki mai kyan gani ta kunna bege na ɗan gajeren lokaci a 2-1, amma Forest ya rufe wasan akan harin da ya kashe da ƙwallo na uku ya zama 3-1.

Damuwa na ƙara ƙaruwa game da Fernandez da kayan yini na tsaro

Canja wurin Anderson daga Chelsea da fam miliyan 116 wannan bazara bai kawo amfani ba a gasar — ya zura kwal ɗaya kawai, a gasar Champions League kan RB Leipzig, a cikin wasannin nasa na ƙarshe tara. Haɗin gwiwar sa na tsakiyar filin wasa tare da Enzo Fernandez bai yi aiki ba, kuma Anderson ya yi yawancin daren yana fama da mai yanke hukunci Sam Barrott maimakon yin tasiri a wasan.

Tsohon ɗan wasan Forest Steve Stone, yana magana a kan BBC Radio 5 Live, ya yi faɗi a sarari: «An fallasa su yau. Ƙungiyar Oliver Glasner ta wuce ta cikinsu kowace lokaci. Ban taɓa ganin ƙungiyar City tana ba da ƙwallo haka a tsakiyar filin ba.»

Tsohon ɗan wasan tsakiya na Liverpool Danny Murphy ya yarda da ra'ayin, ya faɗa wa BBC Sport: «Suna daskararru da ƙwallo, ba su cin nasara a ƙalubalancen mutum ɗaya. Har ma zan ce akwai wani fahariya ɗan kaɗan a farkon wasan. Yanzu akwai manyan tambayoyi da za a yi wa manaja game da yadda yake dawo da su a kan hanya.»

Ƙididdiga masu ban tsoro da tseren taken da ke cikin shakka

Lambobin da City suka tafi dasu daga Nottingham suna da wahalar gani. Wannan shine farkon lokacin da suka sha kashi uku a jere a Premier League tun da sun sha kashi huɗu a jere a Nuwamba–Disamba 2024. Suna zama ƙungiya ta biyu kawai a tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingila na matakin farko — bayan Sheffield Wednesday a 1904-05 — da ta lashe wasannin farko bakwai sa'an nan ta sha kashi a na gaba uku. Har ila yau ita ce farkon kashi da goma biyu ko fiye a kan ƙungiyar da ta fara rana a yankin faɗuwa tun da aka sha 2-0 ga Bolton Wanderers a Nuwamba 2008.

Bayan da Arsenal ta doke Hull tun da farko ranar Asabar ta riƙe ragar su tsafta, fa'idar maki shida na ƙungiyar na iya zama mai ƙarfi. Kulob ɗin biyu kawai suka taɓa kasancewa nesa irin wannan bayan wasanni 10 kuma suka tafi sun ɗauki kofin: Manchester United a 2002-03, da City kansu ƙarƙashin Manuel Pellegrini a 2013-14.

Brighton, duk da haka, suna da damar zama a bayan Arsenal da maki biyar kawai — kuma su haura zuwa matsayi na biyu — idan sun doke Brentford ranar Lahadi.

A sama da komai yana tsaye da shari'ar daukacin kofi ta City akan hukuncin laifi na karya dokokin hada-hadar kudi na Premier League. Hukuncin da zai yiwu har yanzu ba a sani ba, amma ko da barin wannan gajimare gefe, damarsu ta cin taken na ƙara ƙanana kowane mako da ya wuce.

Maresca, yana tafiya cikin baƙin ciki a gefen filin a mintoci na ƙarshe, bai kawo tabbaci bayan wasan ba: «Babu firgici. Muna buƙatar fahimtar amma babu firgici.» Lokacin da aka tambaye shi dalilin da ya sa ƙungiyarsa ta rasa ƙarfi, Baitaliyanci ya amsa da taƙaitacciyar kalma: «Ina buƙatar nazarta haka.»