City are miles below their own high standards, even last year's not so high standards. This was a wonderful game as Leeds like most teams are no longer afraid of them, any fear factor has long gone. City have never looked as consistently vulnerable over such a lengthy period. They will get some back but elected to not start Fernandinho, their tactics are now known and a template for counteracting them established.
Just staying in the game after half an hour, either level or one down, usually gives you an outstanding chance, they peak early and just go right off the boil.
They adopt a high press early on, dominate possession but it doesn't last, their full backs are both as bad in their way as Pickford is in goal for us, they're giving golden chances to score to the opposition and the whole defence backline is a mess, they normally defend from the front and get away with it, hiding their deficiencies, the cover of Fernandinho and say Rodri providing the protective shield, hiding the horror show behind. That screen doesn't work when they start Fernandinho on the bench and they get badly exposed
