The Champions at villa

[gavin]

CITY XI: Ortega, Lewis, Stones, Akanji, Gvardiol, Kovacic, Gundogan, Bernardo (C), Foden, Grealish, Haaland

Subs: Carson, Walker, Ake, Doku, De Bruyne, Savinho, Simpson-Pusey, O'Reilly, McAtee

Come on ffs

[KunDB]

String team and very strong squad despite Dias absence and Rodri out for the year.

We need to get back to winning today and show our metal to recovery.

Come on City, champions 4 in a row.

[gavin]

A minute in and already a shambles

[Hesperus]

A goal down already and being outplayed again.

This is getting serious.

[gavin]

At least we created a few chances later in the half because for half an hour we were completely toothless as well as being inept at the back again. It doesn't look like a turning point is coming to be honest.

Matty Cash must have committed about 10 fouls to get his booking. Persistent fouling isn't punished quickly enough.

[KunDB]

It is painful watching us these days. Just like watching the same movie plot over and over again. Opponents pack defence, then play a quick break out and pass the ball through our sleepy defence and score.

Game after game after game and nothing changes. Still the same slow build up to create practically zero chances and zero goals.

Grealish has a free hand but created next to nothing.

We had one decent chance Foden and then one quick break chance near half time and not much more than that.

C'mon City waken up.

[gavin]

We have to make a change before it is two nil

[gavin]

It was so obviously coming and he did nothing

[KunDB]

We have got worse second half and now two nil.

Could be four nil, we are pathetic.

[KunDB]

It was so obviously coming and he did nothing

That's what amazes me.

[Vickki]

This is relegation form....

[KunDB]

The more the game went on the more AV realised we are a leaky sieve and became confident and even cocky.

Why did we bring change after 60 minutes is bewildering.

It midfield is practically non existent.

[KunDB]

This is relegation form....

I think you are overrating us Vikki. We simply are not that good lol.

[KunDB]

I have the feeling we could play for there hours and not score and not even create a decent chance. We are that bad.

Bringing on Savinho and Doku is like waving the white flag, so lightweight and no reliable goals in them (like most other players on our team).

We simply make teams look good we are that bad.

[gavin]

Simply atrocious second half and no real attempt to change it at any stage either.

[KunDB]

Simply atrocious second half and no real attempt to change it at any stage either.

The disgraceful thing is after a weeks rest we were outplayed because they worked much much harder than we did. Unacceptable.

[KunDB]

A consolation goal well taken by Phil

[KunDB]

We need a whole lot of fixing in the team.

[gavin]

Not much of a consolation to me. That performance was simply unacceptable.

[Vickki]

I think you are overrating us Vikki. We simply are not that good lol.

I'm not saying we will be related, but 1 win and 8 losses in 12 games is relegation form.