Manchester City endured a horror night at Southampton's St Mary's Stadium back in January as Pep Guardiola's team were surprisingly knocked out of the Carabao Cup.

Manchester City's blips this season have been few and far between, thankfully for Pep Guardiola.

Come the end of the Premier League campaign, should City not catch Arsenal, Guardiola will likely look back to the start of 2023 as a deciding factor as to why they did not. The year started well enough for the Blues with back-to-back victories against Chelsea.

A 2-0 defeat at Southampton took many by surprise. Even for an arguably second-string XI, City's performance was noticeably flat.

Stefan Ortega's error for Moussa Djenepo's goal summed up a truly torrid evening and led to the Blues' stars feeling the wrath of Guardiola in the media. "The best team won," he declared post-match.

Southampton should rubbish them again!

This one no be match.