We were waiting to see Manchester City's comeback today. We thought that we would see a better performance from Manchester City after the international break. Guardiola will probably be able to solve Manchester City's internal problems. But the scenario is completely different. Manchester City is not able to perform well in today's match either. City will probably lose today too.
Manchester City conceded two goals in the first 20 minutes. Now Manchester City is 2-0 behind. Several strong attacks were made by Manchester City players. However, Manchester City's defenders failed to resist the counterattacks made by Tottenham players. James Maddison scored both goals for Tottenham. We will probably see many goals in today's match. Manchester City will definitely not want to lose in the home match.
I have no idea what's wrong with Man City, but what looks like is that they have lost their confidence, and it seems that's what makes them struggle when doing build up, and their back line is also messy because they are not neatly coordinated. Rodri's absence may indeed have an impact but with so many good players at Man City they can at least do something else.
Well, we just have to see whether Man City will bounce back in the remaining time of this match, or they will just concede again.
It is very clear that Manchester City is struggling without Rodri who maintains the depth of the game, their defense also looks bad. This is not the desired result to welcome Pep Guardiola's contract extension, because after all Manchester City is not used to losing by a score of 3-0.
Most likely Tottenham will succeed in bringing home 3 points from the Etihad, and it is difficult for Halaand and his colleagues to turn things around or make the match a draw.