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Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has insisted he retains the support of the board amid their poor run of form.
The Premier League champions go into their Boxing Day clash with Everton sitting in seventh place.
After 17 fixtures, City are four points behind Nottingham Forest in fourth position and one point behind fifth-placed Bournemouth.
But Guardiola has now said he has the backing of chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak, as he did during his difficult first season in charge.
He said: “Every week we talk. I feel incredibly supported.
“We behaved like in the first season maybe but it was completely different. We both know it, when there’s a moment something wrong happens then we are going to take decisions. I feel incredibly supported by him.
