Chelsea have shown why Man City's Achilles' heel re-emerging should not scare Pep Guardiola

Most lingering worries within the Manchester City fanbase over Saturday’s chaotic 3-2 loss to Tottenham relate to how such a sapping defeat might affect Pep Guardiola’s side at a vital stage of the season.

There was one familiar aspect to the defeat that Blues hoped had long since been put to bed.

As in the Champions League defeat to Lyon and Chelsea in the past two years - arguably the two lowest moments of the Guardiola era - a well-drilled 3-4-3 stifled City and pulled them apart on the break (and in other ways, too - calm down, Antonio!).

So is this susceptibility something that will return to haunt City as they chase three major honours or have performances since those Lyon and Chelsea setbacks proved that the manner of the Spurs defeat can be an isolated incident?

City Is Ours duo Dom Farrell and Alex Brotherton discussed this potential Achilles' heel on their latest MEN Facebook Live.

AB: “As much as [City] struggled to deal with Kane they also came up against a somewhat familiar system which has proved difficult for them in the past. That’s a 3-4-3 setup.

“Nightmares of the Champions League final come back to us when we think about that. City struggled with that but you don’t think it’ll be too much of a problem going forward, do you?”

DF: “It shouldn’t be. Aside from tactical things, the manner of the defeat was just so weird. The way City played after [Riyad] Mahrez’s penalty was just so, so out of character. I’m probably more concerned about that and how the players absorb that over this week.

“I can’t think of a game where City have had so many problems on the break and have been so exposed since the Champions League final. Chelsea had a very well-drilled 3-4-3 that worked very well. City have since