Hope that 10-year contract came with a cooling-off period, Erling

THE empire Pep Guardiola built continues to crumble.

- JERRY CROSS

And it seems there is nothing that the Spaniard can do to rebuild from the rubble left all around him.

One night in Paris was all it took to remind the footballing world just how sour Guardiola's romance with Manchester City has become.

He looked broken - as well as beaten - in the wake of his side's capitulation in the Parc des Princes on Wednesday night.

He looked like a man who hasn't slept for weeks.

Someone who goes to bed and stares at a ceiling which has now fallen in on him.

One look at the fixture list be enough for might Guardiola to close his eyes, at least.

Chelsea, Arsenal, Newcastle, Liverpool and Nottingham Forest all lie in wait for the champions in the coming weeks.

Not to mention Club Brugge, who City have to beat next week just to secure a place in the top 24 of the Champions League.