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The earlier Pep Guardiola knows how weak his defense is the better for his team and his coaching career because the defense are fully exposed this season since the time Rodri get injured.
The main problem Manchester City faced in their past two months was a defensive problem which exposed the team and make them dropped from the first position in the Premier League table to where they are now; they have recovered a bit in their last two matches.
If Pep and Manchester City were able ti sign defenders this January, they will be better than they are right now, and they can still compete for the title race.
You have a point here, but do you actually think that City's problem is there defense?, well i can't put it much like that, and here is my reasons.
What most people don't know is that Manchester city isn't that perfect as we all think. Fine, they've been the strongest team for some years now, but they still lack that perfection. If you've taken your time to observe, you will notice that they always concede goals in most of their games, i.e, Manchester city is a side that always struggle to keep clean sheets. But those that stop them from winning?. No, it doesn't. Their agenda is primarily to win games, even if it has to be a one goal margin.
So the current defensive issue they're facing right now is not from the backline(because the system has been built that way), but it's from the DM position. surprisingly, Manchester city hasn't go for a DM in this transfer window. From the few players that they've agreed personal terms with, none of them plays a in the DM position, which is somethin i'm actually surprise about.