Back to 4 at the back. Give the young guys a chance in defence, can't be any worse.
Back to playing players in their more natural positions; De Bruyne & Silva centrally, Nolito left (this guy needs to play) & Sterling right. Gundogan to replace Fernandinho at the pivot.
Back to what was working at the start of the season, too many players playingwhere they don't look comfortable - feels a bit like the Spurs result did to us what we did to United; forced change that's been very detrimental to our performances.
This one's on the manager for me, didn't get it right.
Needs to hold his hands up and admit he made a mistake bringing in bravo for joe. Needs real central defenders who fucking have a clue. We focus too much on attack, get the shit bullied out of us when we go forward and get ripped to shreds on the counter. We have no balance to our game.
1 win in 9 prior to this game in the league, were just really bad or did they play out of their skins to beat City?... what a shit day this has been... one to forget just a bad day at the office.
Shambolic both defensively and going forwards and the 2 goals did fuck all to lighten the mood and nor should they.
I'd play the kids for the rest of the season but right now, Pep's approach to the game would just hang them out to dry and it's Pep that needs to have a long think this week and come up with a plan to halt the slide before it gets ridiculous.
No balance in our performances of late. It's reasonable for a team with better attacking players to play to their strengths but you can't totally disregard defending. It's got worse since we started using 3 at the back and it'll kill our season if we're not careful.
Poor defending, bent referees and bad luck is a terrible combo. Off to get hammered.