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It has been an interesting few weeks for Manchester City. After a breathtaking season, the Blues have gone into freefall somewhat, losing three in a week, each one being key fixtures in one way or another.

Of course, City will seal the title and with plenty of points to spare too, but just a couple of months ago many of the top 100 bookmakers were predicting that they would win a quadruple.

It is likely City will secure two of the four. They should wrap up the League title shortly, while they beat Arsenal 3-0 back in February to secure the EFL Cup.

While this can't exactly be described as a failure in a season, it's the manner in which they have failed to get further in the other competitions which does raise questions.

All season there have been comparisons made to the Invincibles of Arsenal and the treble-winning United side. It's fair to say that they wouldn't have jumped out of the FA Cup in quite such a way as City did.

It's a chance that any club may never get again. Their fifth-round defeat to Wigan was a disaster and despite putting a strong team out, they couldn't get past a League One side.

A win there would have set them up to face Southampton in the quarter-final, another winnable tie and on to Chelsea in the semi-final, who Southampton face next weekend.

In other circumstances it would be more than okay to suggest this isn't a failure considering a League title and EFL Cup win, but the route through to at least the final four was there for the taking.

Equally, their Champions League quarter-final was no easy tie, but it was the way they failed to qualify once again that could perhaps suggest City's season has been a failure.

Of course, credit where credit's due to Liverpool, they were fantastic, but Guardiola didn't adapt to the game in either leg and played one way - a way in which Liverpool had already beaten them once before this season.

To fail to get an away goal in the first leg and go on to concede three is a failure, no doubt about it, and ultimately contributed to their failure to secure the title in a once in a lifetime opportunity.

Another chance to create history was squandered against Manchester United. A chance to secure the title against their biggest rivals.

At 2-0 up, they looked well on their way but in a second half of huge importance, they dropped the ball.

Which brings us to now. Questions can certainly be made over Manchester City and Pep Guardiola. A few months ago they were world beaters, but a chink in their armour has been found. So much so that the unthinkable "what if" is even being uttered.

There's absolutely zero chance of the club slipping up so much they hand the title over to the other side of Manchester, but the foundations have been laid for next season. They are beatable and they do have flaws.

It isn't a failure that Manchester City haven't won all four trophies, but the way they lost out on the final two certainly takes a huge amount of shine off their season and given their position just two months ago, to not see it through can be considered a bit of a failure given the huge amount of talent in their team.