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Pep Guardiola suffered the largest league defeat of his managerial career as Manchester City slumped to a 4-0 loss against Everton on Sunday. Manchester City F.C.s title hopes were dashed after they lost 4-0 to Everton in the Premier League, increasing the pressure o stanley cup n Pep Guardiola. AFP Romelu Lukaku and Kevin Mira stanley quencher llas put Everton in control at Goodison Park before teenager Tom Davies scored his first goal for the club and debutant Ademola Lookman completed the rout after coming on as an 89th minute substitute. It was another chastening experience for City boss Guardiola, who wasnt used to such humiliation in his trophy-laden spells at Barcelona and Bayern Munich. The defeat was Citys fourth in their last eight league games and left them 10 points behind leaders Chelsea. Lukakus 12th goal of the season continued his rich vein of form and the Belgian striker was too hot for Citys error-prone defence to handle through a torrid afternoon for stanley drinking cup Guardiola and company. As has been the case so often this season, Lukakus opener in the 34th minute showed up frailties in Citys defence and goalkeeping as Davies intercepted a Gael Clichy pass just inside the visitors half and found Mirallas sprinting into the City area. With Yaya Toure slow to respond to the runner, and Nicolas Otamendi playing Everton on side from a deep position, Mirallas was able to pick out Lukaku, who finished with a clinical left-foot strike. The opening goal had drawn an instant response from Guardiola