When KDB is absent for a long time it can actually be dampened by Rodri who always performs well but when Rodri is not in this squad it becomes a problem for Manchester City, yesterday's match against Arsenal was proof that Manchester City did not have good players in the initiation of attacks and there were no good players to support the flow of the ball from midfield to attack they were not like Manchester City which was very different.
Always broken attacks and no dominance in midfield are very visible in the match against Arsenal but I am sure with Pep when he sees things like this then in other matches to come he must have been able to anticipate this. It would be great if Rodri comes back and KDB recovers in time because otherwise it's quite disruptive.
I noticed the same thing and looking from the situation in this match especially in the statistics the situation is really visible and Manchester City is not like them in general and this match is Manchester City's worst match at the beginning of this season. Even though Arsenal is a club that can be considered quite comparable but I think Manchester City should be better than this.
Like I think I've said here before, I had the time to sit and watch the Manchester city verses Arsenal match from beginning to the finish for the first time since this season began, and sincerely, i do confirm that this actually is the worst game Manchester city have played that i watched.
Actually, I am a fan of Arsenal, but to be honest with you, i very skeptic that Arsenal will lose the match, this was before the game started, but while the game was ongoing, and seeing how Manchester city played, i became confident that they may likely lose the match , and a the end, they lost it.
Very bad performance from them to be honest.
2 matches without Rodri showed defeat for Manchester City, in the next week they will face Brighton and still without KDB who is still injured and cannot be confirmed his recovery and Rodri who still has to receive a penalty of 1 more playing ban due to his red card.
Due to the game they lost against Arsenal on Sunday, which makes it a total of 2 or 3 games they have lost in a roll, this i believe will be another game that will be hard to predict, though on a normal circumstances, beating Brighton shouldn't be much of a problem to Manchester city, but right now, its kind of hard to say with facts, that they(Manchester city) will win the match against Brighton.
A draw is most likely if i am to predict.