But the lead lasted for just five minutes before a lethargic City were hit with an equaliser on the counter-attack. The pressure, though, was further eased yesterday after his players followed up an away win at Chelsea with a 2-1 victory against defending Premier League champions Manchester City.All of these possibilities could make City a fair bit jittery, but they could just as easily spark them into life and kickstart a run that only ends with Pep Guardiola retaining the title – no in-betweens.The result leaves City third in the table, a point behind Tottenham, who smashed Bournemouth 5-0 at home, and seven adrift of Liverpool, who hammered Newcastle 4-0 as the Premier League went goal insane on Boxing Day.But his four seasons in charge of Barcelona were more competitive, given Barca’s intense rivalry with Real Madrid, although in his first and last seasons he won and lost the league, respectively, by nine points.Guardiola looked stunned after a 2-1 defeat at Leicester left the champions seven points behind leaders Liverpool whom they face on January 3. But the reality is we lost three in four games and the last two. We are able to do that but I have to…