“Defensively FRAIL!” Jamie Jackson identifies MAJOR FLAW in Man City after FIFA Club World Cup Exit!

Manchester City have been knocked out of the FIFA Club World Cup following a 4–3 defeat to Al Hilal. talkSPORT’s Jeff Stelling and Ally McCoist react to the shock result alongside journalist Jamie Jackson.

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Yeah, it’s a body blow for Manchester City. Mind you,
I would say that John in Bristol has just reminded me, don’t forget that Saudi beat Argentina
in the World Cup, and they did, didn’t they 2022
i remember i think it was the opening game wasn’t it messi scored a penalty
for argentina but saturday came back them one two one
yeah which was a remarkable result as well but so was this let’s get more
on that shock defeat and cross over to talk sports manchester correspondent jamie jackson morning jamie good morning
jamie good morning gentlemen well what did you make of that yeah yeah well i’ve just um come back from the stadium it’s
about a 10 minute uh walk from my hotel and yeah i mean you know the shock of the club world cup the shock
of the sort of 32 team club world cup is it you know got to say it’s the old sort of issues
if you like for city they defend with this high line uh and yet
on the one hand that’s what they’ve always done and you know when they’ve been really successful the odd teams turned them over
but you know not enough to sort of stop them dominating but in Ruben Diaz
in particular they’ve got a defender there who’s just a bit too slow can get caught out
and it wasn’t just his fault tonight but basically you know Guardiola said this afterwards
they weren’t clinical enough this is Manchester City in the first half particularly Haaland,
Dokku, Gavardyol other players could have you know could have put them out
of sight really so he’s correcting that and that’s kind
of why they put Juventus to the sword you know
in their previous game I think it’s 5-2 because they took the chances they didn’t
tonight so that’s on the attacking way and then defending as I say caught
on the break and it was very easy for them to get
through Alhalal now don’t get me wrong Alhal were a top team the Saudi Arabia’s best club
side historically number of titles all the rest
of it but you know one or two passes and they’re in there wasn’t sort
of you know this is sort of like a bit too simple really too often
and so Guardiola’s got a a head-scratcher head scratching to do to sort
of sort this out um you know afterwards just been in the press conference
with him he was sort of his usual measured self um
but very disappointed win every tournament
but i have to say you know whoever wins a game of football usually deserves too that’s my kind of sort
of rules whatever’s gone on before is a sort of part
of the hurly-burly and then the end score is you know the right
result more times than often so what i’m saying is i think al halal deserved it
in the end i don’t think you’re wrong jamie i mean i’ve watched the highlights and i’ve watched the goals
and i think you’re right to flag up defensively because looking at it they still scored three goal setting
you’d think normal circumstances that should be enough to win a game of football
but was it the second goal i think you mentioned straight through was it leonardo it’s just a simple ball over the top
and he’s actually through with the goalkeeper to beat which he does but on top
of that i don’t think a goalkeeper looked clever there was crosses they were losing so many headers
with crosses into the box i think defensively would be his biggest problem
and you’re right it’s given him a little bit of a headache hasn’t it yeah 100 % i mean you’re completely
right defensively they are frail and they were last season
and it’s interesting this because i know de Bruyne has left the club
and he’s basically injured last season or you know wasn’t completely fit but if you look back
at manchester city particularly under pep guardiola de The Bruyne has always been there to sort
of not rescue them, but kind of. So what I’m getting at
in this game when they were behind, I don’t understand as sort
of normal time sort of approach, the end of it where he didn’t bring Phil Folden on it only took Rodri who
by the way he said afterwards Pep Guardiola he suffered an injury setback Rodri
because he was a substitute himself he came on sort of 52nd minute I think it was
and he had to come off the 100th minute for Phil Folden but Phil Folden for me should have come on early he’s got a heck
of a goal to equalise an extra time it was a sort of a lob through from Turkey
and Folden watches it all the way and I don’t know if you’ve seen it
but the volley there’s only one angle or one place he can put it
and he puts it there it was an unbelievable finish from Phil Folden and he’s sort of been you know kind
of their best attacking player so I don’t know whether he was carrying an injury
but you know for him not to come on till minute 100 was a bit
of a puzzle really so yeah I mean they just can get they can be got at too easy
and this was the problem last season essentially yes just too often
as I say you know very rare before that I can remember one game
maybe Ivan Tony that’s how far back it was for Brentford
before the World Cup he scored a couple of goals and they got turned over this way
but it’s so rare or it was so rare now it’s become
the way to beat them so yeah as we’re sort of discussing I think he has to solve
this really the front of the team you know
as a Pep Guardiola team it’s always going to be good Harland I’ve got to
say he scored today nice finish but he looks a little bit not quite
off it but I get it it’s been a long season I don’t know what you call
this is it pre-season is it pre-pre-season is it pre-pre-season you know
but there’s a he scored a couple but yeah I think all in all they don’t
want to go out but I think it’s been a useful exercise
you know they bedded in two or three of the new signings Cherky looks a good
signing again why was he not introduced a bit earlier I can’t remember exactly
what minute he came on but it was towards the end of the sort
of normal time maybe this sort of 75th or something he’s a player you know
I think Guardiola may have selected this team thinking
yeah okay we’re not disrespecting Al-Halal we get through this we’ll play the quarter finals
with maybe a stronger team it’s kind of backfired yeah I mean the news can’t
be any worse can it if Rodri’s had a setback Jamie what
about Rodri I mean you say it’s a setback a setback would maybe describe to me
that it’s the same injury you know I’m sitting here hoping hoping
that it might have been I know we don’t know I’m sitting there hoping it might
be something else that he’s come off with but if it was the same injury
that’s a problem clearly just to clarify setback is my word but he did say he had a problem
or he felt he had a problem and had to come off
so I’m calling it a setback as in Sonny’s fifth appearance
from the knee injury listen it may well be that Ali you know we just don’t know
but the point is he was forced off having been a substitute himself
so you know I don’t think it’s great at all hopefully
for him and City you know he says it’s a knock etc but the fact
that he had to come off especially after I think he certainly started the game
against Juventus and looked good the whole team did you know it’s not a great sort
of eventuality because again one of the massive issues he had last season
is he could not solve Rodri being out I understand you know Ballon d’Or winner
all the rest of it but you have to be out you can’t rely
on you know one player we all know that and that’s kind of what happened last season
with De Bruyne it also being yeah you know injury hammered
and not quite the player he has been so you know these are issues
but what I would say is I’ve observed City out here all through the tournament
before the tournament started at the training camp and Guardiola is up
for it the players are upbeat and this is one
of the things he did make a point of saying afterwards just now just
a couple hours ago whenever it was saying that it’s been a good training camp
the players are happy he’s seems happy you know
despite this he’s not happy about going out I’m saying generally
with how this has gone the squad the feeling does seem happy and content
and so I think overall they are going in the right direction Jamie thanks very much thank you thank you that was
the Guardians Manchester correspondent