‘The mistakes came from the full-backs’ – Pundit identify the culprits for Man City’s struggles at Leeds

Jamie Redknapp has identify the culprits for Manchester City’s struggles at Leeds.

City’s Premier League title challenge stumbled for the second time in their opening three games as Leeds rallied to earn a 1-1 draw from a wide-open game at Elland Road.  

City were soundly beaten 5-2 at home by Leicester last weekend and seemed keen to make amends with a dominant start during which Raheem Sterling opened the scoring.  

However, despite handing a debut to £62 million centre-back Ruben Dias, Pep Guardiola’s men remained unsure in defence and Leeds levelled when Rodrigo pounced on an error from goalkeeper Ederson just before the hour mark.

Jamie Redknapp was left unimpressed with Kyle Walker and Benjamin Mendy in Pep Guardiola’s defence .

‘The mistakes came from the full-backs today,’ Redknapp said on Sky Sports.  

‘I thought Dias made some great challenges and was very composed, Laporte was caught out a couple of times but that’s got the making of a good partnership. It’s just the full-backs time after time making mistakes, getting done one-on-one.’

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City were given more evidence at Elland Road of why they need to act before the current transfer window closes. If  City don’t sign a left-back before the transfer window closes, they will only have themselves to blame.

Benjamin Mendy looked nervy when in possession of the ball and committed a couple of schoolboy errors at the back which went unpunished. He was a liability on the field and was rightfully replaced in the second half.

Walker was Solid for the most part, got forward well, but a couple of sloppy moments defensively that luckily went unpunished. Someone really needs to teach Walker how to defend crosses from the opposite side of the pitch.

It’s more points dropped as  City could now find themselves eight points behind Liverpool by the end of the weekend should Jurgen Klopp’s men maintain their perfect start at Aston Villa on Sunday.