DBasia.news – Pep Guardiola still sees Aymeric Laporte as an important player for Manchester City, but currently trusts other players.
Aymeric Laporte since joining the top English League team in January 2018 has often started in domestic leagues and other events. However, his playing time was reduced following a serious knee injury in September last season.
As a result, Pep Guardiola’s team had to be absent for six months. Without him, Manchester City have conceded more goals and that has also seen the coach fail to raise their challenge for the Premier League title.
On the other hand, the Spanish coach was even more confused because Nicolas Otamendi and John Stones were also inconsistent with their performances. Thus, he decided to entrust Eric Garcia and Fernandinho to become central defenders but still has not been able to make Manchester City solid in defense.
Pep Guardiola then moved quickly in the transfer market last summer by bringing in two new center-backs at once. It was noted that they were able to get the autographs of Ruben Dias from Benfica and Nathan Ake from Bournemouth. Evidently, their arrival has improved the back line and so far The Citizens have also kept 8 clean sheets in the last 15 matches.
The increasingly tight competition has made Aymeric Laporte not played in Manchester City’s last three matches. Interestingly, other players who were given the opportunity were able to carry out their duties properly.
Speaking to the media crew, Pep Guardiola said Manchester City had problems in the last two seasons in defense. The pure center-backs that have failed to impress and he admits he is lucky to have Eric Garcia and Fernandinho.
He was surprised to see that Eric Garcia was able to perform well and according to him, the current situation was different for his team. He explained that he would only play players who were ready to appear for Manchester City.
Thus, the duo of Ruben Dias and Eric Garcia will be played by Pep Guardiola against Fulham in Week 11 of the Premier League on Saturday (5/12) evening WIB.