Manchester City’s toothless strike force misread Pep Guardiola’s blueprint for success | Jamie Jackson


The frustrated manager faces a grilling after his cast of stars sleepwalk out of the Champions League at the hands of Monaco

Attack is only the best form of defence if a side attack. This truism haunted the ultimate shock‑and‑awe manager, Pep Guardiola, as Manchester City sleepwalked out of the Champions League.

Listless, confidence-shot, just not good enough: the list to describe City until they finally seemed to wake up before Leroy Sané’s 71st-minute goal is not pretty reading for them.

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