Y ou get turfed out of the Carabao Cup by the burly Australian bouncer. You take a weekend trip to the seaside but end up dropping your scoop of cherry ice cream on the Bournemouth promenade. And then the guy who you just found out is moving in next door, who is 14 years younger than you and looks like a handsome model from a shampoo advert, turns up in his purring 3-4-3 Series and makes your luxury sedan look decidedly old hat.
To say that Pep Guardiola has had better weeks would be an understatement. In fact, this is only the third time in his rarefied managerial career that he has, within a single season, lost three consecutive matches, and the past two occasions, during.