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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 24063579" data-attributes="member: 158020">Leicester City 2 Manchester City 1:  Ragged 10-man champions lose more ground   <img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/12/26/16/7840456-6530335-image-a-81_1545842792034.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   Manchester City dropped to third in the Premier League as Leicester City made  it back-to-back defeats for Pep Guardiola's men - Ricardo Pereira's spectacular  81st-minute strike securing a 2-1 triumph.    The reigning champions have lost three of their past four top-flight outings  and lie seven points behind Liverpool, whose closest challengers are now  Tottenham - six points back of the leaders.     As in their weekend defeat to Crystal Palace, Manchester City took a  first-half lead but were quickly pegged back - Bernardo Silva's goal cancelled  out by Marc Albrighton, who also equalised when the sides met in the EFL Cup  quarter-finals last week.    A 1-1 draw on that occasion ended with a victory for Manchester City on  penalties but Leicester prevailed this time, with hero Pereira on the receiving  end of a rash challenge that saw Fabian Delph sent off in the closing  minutes.    Such a turnaround appeared unlikely when Aymeric Laporte fizzed a 14th-minute  pass into Sergio Aguero's feet and the Argentina striker played in Silva for a  neat finish.    The lead lasted only five minutes, though, as referee Mike Dean waved away  claims for a foul against Danilo and Leicester made the most of an  undermanned defence – Jamie Vardy crossing for Albrighton to head in at the far  post.    Aguero almost restored the visitors' advantage following excellent work from  Kevin De Bruyne and Leroy Sane, though they needed a trio of saves  from Ederson to deny Vardy, James Maddison and Hamza Choudhury before  half-time.    Manchester City resumed after the break in similarly ragged fashion but began  to turn the screw after the hour, with Sane unable to scramble home after Raheem  Sterling sent Aguero to the byline inside the box.Leicester attacks had started  to dry up, although Laporte needed an inch-perfect tackle to thwart the  ever-alert Vardy.    Pereira's opening was nowhere near as enticing but he struck a beautifully  clinical blow from the edge of the box when Sane could only partially clear a  corner.  Guardiola's Christmas nightmare was compounded when Sane lashed a chance  to equalise over and Delph lost control.</blockquote>

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