Manchester Metropolis had been ‘abject’ of their 2-1 defeat to Brighton and put in one in all their worst second-half performances to throw away the lead, Jamie Redknapp has claimed.
Brighton sucker-punched Metropolis with late targets from Joao Pedro and Matt O’Riley to steal the factors, after the guests missed a litany of possibilities within the first half regardless of Erling Haaland’s opener.
It means Pep Guardiola has misplaced 4 video games on the trot for the primary time as Metropolis boss and the consequence left the champions two factors behind Liverpool forward of their match in opposition to Aston Villa.
‘That is one of many worst halves of soccer I’ve seen from a Pep Guardiola facet. They had been abject. They did not defend, they did not win particular person battles, they did not move the ball ahead at occasions,’ Redknapp instructed Sky Sports activities on the Amex Stadium.
‘First half, they appeared glorious. The issue was they need to have been 3-0 up. The second half, when Hurzeler made the subs, just one group was going to win it.
Jamie Redknapp has slammed Manchester Metropolis for his or her ‘adject’ efficiency in opposition to Brighton
Metropolis squandered possibilities and let in two late targets to droop to their fourth consecutive loss
‘As soon as that recreation begins working away from you you are taking a look at characters.
‘Who’s going to dig in? Who’s going to make that problem?
‘Who’s going to get on the ball whenever you want it most? Who’s going to make this group calm? There was nobody to do it.
‘The 2 centre-backs, it was very troublesome. (Kyle) Walker and (Jahmai) Simpson-Pusey, they are not an everyday partnership and you could possibly see it.
‘They appeared like a bunch of strangers. The targets summed it up. They had been actually poor targets from Metropolis’s perspective.
‘However all credit score to Brighton. They had been unbelievable.’
Brighton went fourth within the Premier League after the win and sit simply 4 behind Metropolis.
Fabian Hurzeler’s substitutions paid off as Pedro and O’Riley again got here off the bench to attain.
Redknapp felt Metropolis had no one to ‘dig in’ and make their team-mates ‘calm’ as issues fell aside
Redknapp: Kyle Walker (pictured) and Jahmai Pimpson-Pusey appeared like a ‘bunch of strangers’
The champions’ frailty with out Ballon d’Or winner Rodri in the course of the park is kind of the distinction in comparison with earlier seasons, the place they’ve conceded lower than a objective per recreation on common.
Metropolis have misplaced 2-1 to Tottenham within the Carabao Cup, 2-1 to Bournemouth within the Premier League, 4-1 at Sporting Lisbon within the Champions League, and now 2-1 to Brighton, the primary of these video games to be at dwelling.
Redknapp added: ‘It’s fixable however it’s not going to be the identical. There is no such thing as a means they lose these 4 video games if Rodri performs. Second half they misplaced that little little bit of an edge. They misplaced particular person battles.
They did not have that spark to get again within the recreation. Now it is about they have to indicate some character. They can not stick with it the best way they’re. That again 4 after I noticed it at the beginning of the sport I used to be scratching my head. Gvardiol and Simpson-Pusey did not work.
