Jamie Redknapp claims Manchester City produced “one of the worst halves of football we’ve seen from a Pep Guardiola side” against Brighton as they fell to a fourth straight defeat in all competitions.

It is the first time City have lost four at the drop of a hat since a run in 2006 under Stuart Pearce and were on the brink of collapse after being hammered by Sporting in the Champions League, I am now very much in one.

Erling Haaland gave City the lead in the first half after excellent work from Mateo Kovacic to set him up, and Guardiola’s side had the better of the first half against passive opponents.

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But Brighton rallied after the break, creating the most chances (8) a Guardiola City side have ever faced in the Premier League and they were more than deserving winners in the end.

Joao Pedro equalized for the Seagulls after some shocking City defending and then fellow substitute Matt O’Riley – on his first Premier League appearance – put Brighton ahead five minutes later.

It’s a result that pushes Brighton into the top four and one that gives Liverpool – who play Aston Villa in the subsequent kick-off – the chance to go five points clear at the top of the table.

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Redknapp did not hold back in his assessment of City’s “abject” display at the Amex.

“Four bad results,” said Redknapp Sky Sports. “I thought about the second half and I’ve watched Manchester City a lot, I’ve admired them for so long, but this is one of the worst halves of football I’ve seen from a team by Pep Guardiola.

“They were abject, they didn’t defend, they didn’t win individual battles, they didn’t pass the ball forward.

“They were excellent in the first half, Steph (Houghton) mentioned it at half-time that they should have been 3-0 up.

“In the second half, when he made the substitutions, there was only one team that was going to win it. When the game starts to run away from you, you look at the characters.

“Who’s going to dig who’s going to get on the ball when you need it most? There was no one to do it.

“The two centre-backs are not a regular partnership and you could see they looked like a bunch of outsiders.

“The goals were very poor from Manchester City’s point of view.”