Micah Richards disagrees with Gary Neville over Pep Guardiola and Manchester City defending

Micah Richards has disagreed with Gary Neville over Manchester City's defending after Leicester City clash. The Citizens struggled against the Foxes in a shocking 5 - 2 loss, which saw them give away three penalties. Speaking about the club's performance, Neville revealed they were not good enough. However, Richards has disagreed with former Manchester United captain and shared his point of view on Sky Sports. "You can’t say they’re not good enough, Walker has been first-choice for England for years," he said. "In this system, it’s probably a fair comment. The problem is £50m for Mendy, £50m for Walker, £50m for Stones, £60m for Cancelo, and now Ruben Dias, another £55m. "If you’re gonna pay £50m for defenders, you’ve got to defend better than that, but for me, the Man City defenders are just reactive instead of proactive. "Pep said there, let’s go and get the next goal, all of them are thinking about going forward rather than holding a position. "The Fernandinho situation, for me, that changed the game. After that happened, they capitulated, you can see his body language, he’s not happy. 51 minutes and he’s been subbed. "He’s Man City’s best player, for me, the most consistent player. I’ve mentioned before, Rodri, he’s not agile in there, he can’t move, he’s not reading play. Yeah, he’s good in possession, but for me, teams are starting to figure City out.” Then former defender added: "Why can’t centre-halves defend anymore? I’m baffled. Everyone wants to play this beautiful football - playing out from the back - but no-one wants to defend anymore. "You can’t defend pace, but what you can do is drop off five yards. At the time in the second-half, the two centre-halves were 10 yards in front of the halfway line against one of the best counter-attacking teams. "That result last week against Wolves was a false sense of security, thinking we’ve had a good game against a team that’s good on the counter-attack. Today, Leicester are as good as Wolves at counter-attacking. "I was just talking about Eric Garcia’s defending - that last goal that went in, he’s got both his hands behind his back because of this new rule. "He’s scared of the ball just hitting the arm and giving away ridiculous penalties. "For me, I’m the first to give City praise when they’re playing well, they’ve played some outstanding football over the years, but right now, you can’t give away five goals at home against a Leicester side that you played off the park in the first-half. "It’s not good enough, it really isn’t."

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