Yes, it’s early in the season but Manchester City proved in their 2-0 home defeat to Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday that familiar issues will stop them from being genuine Premier League title contenders this season.

Unless they can solve these reoccurring issues.

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Struggling to defend counter attacks. Caught out playing from the back. A lack of pace and intensity. Predictability on the ball. Those were the main themes which riddled City’s third-place finish in the Premier League last season and it came to the fore in their loss to Spurs.

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Pep Guardiola didn’t look particularly surprised by what he saw and despite a huge influx of new players, the same

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