ESPN FC’s Steve Nicol, Julien Laurens and Shaka Hislop recap Manchester City’s disappointing 3-2 defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League. Nicol addresses Man City’s vulnerability in defense, in particular Nicolas Otamendi and Benjamin Mendy. Plus, Laurens joins the show to discuss Man City’s upcoming Champions League knockout round fixture vs. Real Madrid.
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43 Comments
These pundits are a joke, they just focus on the big clubs & don't give the others the praise they deserve…
Mistakes apart .
This was the game of the season . Except the Manchester derby
This just shows u that laporte is the 2nd best cb in the prem as wo him their defence is shambles. As I've long known this city team is overrated as when teams have actually attacked them they've lost more times than they've won. They romped to league titles due to teams fearing them.
Haha Blue twats
Kouliboly, welcome to man city.
who is better Lovren or Otamendi?
Usually don’t say this but spot on from Steve today good analysis
Laporte will solve a lot of problems for them defensively. But man, City need to buy a LB and and another CB. Fernandino isn't a CB man. He is phenomenal at CDM but he can't do what Xavi Martinez did for Pep at Bayern consistently enough. In order to do that you need a CB beside you that is extremely comfortable on the ball and that. is. not. Otamendi !!!
Put more Wolves games on TV so I can remember to hit the gym
Utter mendy ottamendi. Its a wonder why they are in the epl.
Too much scrolling and posting garbage on the phone, not enough focus on real life and career.
It was a foul…however, refs are not consistent
not a surprise that city is playing bad when they loose their best center back and didnt replace him, lets play a ferdaniho in cb , lol not going to work
Who does Pep miss?
Philipp Lahm, David Alaba!
Irreplaceable!
I can see a Mustafi in Otamendi ……for real
There is NO WAY this Man city side have any chance of winning anything this season.. they will be lucky to finish top 4
Both are so poor league 2 team cannot play them
They need defense. They can buy Christensen from and they give us Leroy Sane. Thad be nice for Chelsea. In fact let me go make that trade in Master league on PES 2020
We all know Wolves were going to win regardless of Mendy’s mistake. How long can City defend 80mins?!?
Wolves were keep coming after them the entire game!
Steve i remember you against Arsenal when Thomas just walk pass you so please stop it calling people stupid!!!
Why is Nicol even talking like he is even smart? He’s a dumbass🤦🏾♂️
I kept telling people this 2 years ago when Mendy signed: he’s a clown, and he’s kinda overrated, I mean people hate on Alexis Sanchez for getting injured at Utd, look at Mendy, exact same scenario. After this game, I don’t wanna hear anything.
just a checkbook manager, always has been … need another check to cleanup that CB flaw
They should just get Dunk from brighton he is better than stones otamendi combined
I take leighton baines over ben mendy anytime
Am I the only one who thinks Traore fouled him with that shove from behind? And I’m a Man U fan
They once said mendy is better than robertson,deluded mancity fans😂
The way how otamendi plays reminds me of fifa
It’s hilarious to me that some ppl wrote off Madrid cuz they got drawn against City LOL if you been paying attention, Madrid’s defense has been getting better n better while City’s defense has been getting worse. It will be a great game to see where both teams stand in their progress but you’re crazy if u think City are the favorites
That's true Rodri can't do what fernandinho did.I don't see him winning much of tackles.and even ball distribution.but mostly poor defence has costed them the tittle
Dumb mendy
Benjamin mendy got told to get to the ground
Mendy and Auto-Mendy, city ain't going to win anything with them pair in defence together
Foul on Mendy 100%.
Mendy got outplayed by Traore that's obvious but Otamendi did some good defending. When they can't analyze the game in detail and explain why City lost, they simply put the blame on players, cuz that's easy to do. smh
Adama and Mendy’s case is what we call physicality or body movement in football and it’s completely allowed.
Lol stevie would of gotten destroyed by Adama he’s hench, cringy Liverpool fans ruin football next he will say mane is better than pele
Rodri should be the one playing CB
If Pep was truly that great of a manager like they keep saying. Then these things should not happen.
I just still think mendy was fouled by Adama. Yes it’s body to body, but if it was side to side it would be fair, but adama came from backwards. That’s a big fucking foul..
Yeah Nicol replace them in January window and City stand a league winning chance
That Steve Nicol fellow has even guts to call someone 'stupid'. He himself looks thus
People complaining about players on social media are the same people watching these players on social media.
New left back