Pep Guardiola is naively overlooking one Manchester City weakness that\u2019s already cost his side five points as their Premier League title hopes fade..<\/p>\n
The \u2018Man City<\/strong><\/a> are back\u2019 claims that followed their 4-0 opening weekend hammering of Wolves have proven premature as Guardiola\u2019s side have stuttered in recent months.<\/p>\n There have been strong wins against Manchester United and Napoli, while Erling Haaland might be better than ever <\/strong><\/a>and Phil Foden has returned to form, but City have been weighed down by inconsistency, having given points away against Tottenham Hotspur, Brighton, Arsenal and AS Monaco.<\/p>\n Last time out, Man City had bundles of chances against Monaco, but they could not put their opponents away and were punished as Eric Dier\u2019s late penalty earned the Ligue Un outfit a 2-2 draw.<\/p>\n Haaland<\/strong> <\/a>has carried Man City on his back this season, but he has been let down by his teammates, with the striker admitting after the stalemate vs Monaco that they have not been \u201cgood enough\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not good enough,\u201d Haaland told BBC Match of the Day.<\/p>\n READ:\u00a0Guardiola at his creepiest in (not) slamming \u2018Spanish referees\u2019 he has \u2018nothing to say to\u2019 after Man City draw<\/a> He added: \u201cOf course I don\u2019t feel good we didn\u2019t win. We do something unnecessarily in the second half and we don\u2019t think we played good enough. We don\u2019t deserve to win.<\/p>\n \u201cWe need more energy. We need to get at them more as we did in the first half and dominated much more. In the second half they took the lead much more and I don\u2019t think it is good enough.<\/p>\n \u201cEvery Champions League game is tough, look at last year when we went out. There are not many teams who have won their first two games.\u201d<\/p>\n Man City were somewhat unfortunate to fall victim to a harsh penalty against Monaco, but this highlighted a major flaw in Guardiola\u2019s side.<\/p>\n Guardiola said post-match that he has \u201cmany concerns\u201d but Man City conceding late in halves is \u201cnot one\u201d, though he perhaps should steer clear of complaining about \u201cSpanish referees\u201d to focus on fixing this problem.<\/p>\n This is because Man City have now lost five points via goals conceded in the final five minutes of a half (two vs Monaco, two vs Arsenal and one vs Brighton).<\/p>\n MORE MAN CITY COVERAGE ON F365\u2026 Had Man City remained switched on to close out the games vs Arsenal and Brighton, they would be level with the Gunners in second and also breathing down the necks of Liverpool.<\/p>\n
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