Otamendi-Stones Duet Will Make City Lose Title

Manchester United legend Gary Neville, the duo assesses Nicolas Otamendi and John Stones will Manchester City lose the Premier League title this season.

City seeded defender Aymeric Laporte lost. surname seriously injured and will be absent for the next six months. In the final transfer window, residents also took Vincent Kompany and did not bring a replacement.

This makes the city in big trouble. They only have Otamendi and stone center backs. Both have a duet and performed poorly in losing 2-3 at Norwich City last weekend.

"Pep Guardiola has given up on this duo 18 months when Laporte came to the club. Otamendi has always been careless as a central defender and it is difficult to contain counter-attacks. These are not Guardiola's defender types, they are usually calm, but unwise," said Neville Soccerway.

"The 3-4 defeat of Liverpool in 2018 is a game when Guardiola decides that the stones and Otamendi cannot play together. Laporte's injury, Kompany will not replace that is a big problem for the city."

Batu and Otamendi played 25 matches together under Guardiola in the Premier League.

"They have conceded more goals than the other duo conceding more goals per game, a decrease in clean sheets and a smaller percentage of profits."

"This will be Manchester City losing the Premier League title. If both players play simultaneously with the current level of performance, they will not win the league," added Neville.

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