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Sky Sports football pundit Gary Neville believes Manchester City will not win the Premier League title unless Pep Guardiola makes changes in the defense. Since Aymeric Laporte injury, Nicolas Otamendi and John Stones have remained the only options for Man City head coach. City have lost to Norwich City last Saturday, while Otamendi made unforced error that costed the team goals. "Guardiola gave up on this partnership 18 months ago when Laporte came to the club," Neville told Sky Sports. "Otamendi always gets caught out as a centre-back and quickens up the opposition in attack. He's so not a Pep Guardiola type centre-back, they're usually composed but he's rash. "Sir Alex Ferguson at times during his Manchester United career would see a game too far with players and say, 'that's it, you're done'. Manchester City's 4-3 defeat at Liverpool in 2018 was the game when Guardiola decided that Stones and Otamendi couldn't play together. "Laporte's injury, Kompany leaving and not replacing him is a big problem for Manchester City. Stones and Otamendi have played 25 games under Guardiola in the Premier League. "They've conceded more goals than any other partnership, conceded more goals per game, the clean sheets are down, the three plus goals conceded is well up and then there's the big one, lower win percentage. "That will cost Manchester City the Premier League title. If these two play together at their current rate of performance they won't win the league." former Liverpool player added.

Source - Sky Sports

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