Harry Kane exposed hidden Man City flaw as Ruben Dias and Joao Cancelo both fail to heed warning

Defensive fragility haunted Manchester City on Saturday as a Harry Kane-inspired Tottenham Hotspur snatched a 3-2 win to cast doubts over City's title credentials.

There is no denying that Tottenham pulled off a near-perfect performance, with their defence keeping City largely at bay and Kane linking up brilliantly with Son Heung-min to exploit Pep Guardiola's side on the counter.

However, it's also true that City defended atrociously. Everything that could go wrong did go wrong, a worrying fact given that heading into the game they would have known exactly how Spurs would play.

The likes of Ruben Dias, Joao Cancelo and Aymeric Laporte have been fantastic this season but they must learn from some pretty chastening moments.

Ruben Dias

Through inspirational social media posts and body-on-the-line defending, over recent months Dias has cultivated an image of an inspiring leader that everyone should look up to. Against Spurs, he was anything but.

Dejan Kulusevski's fourth-minute opener only came about because Dias stepped out too late in an attempt to play Son offside. Say what you like about the risks of playing such a high line against a team renowned for their quick and counter-attack suited players but if Guardiola instructed his defenders to step up as a unit, then Dias is at fault.

Dias later set up Spurs' second goal, his poor attempt at a headed clearance falling straight to Ryan Sessegnon in the left channel. Gifting Spurs the ball in such a dangerous position set the City back four into panic, so much so that seconds later - when Dias moved towards the ball - no-one tracked the run of Kane who was left unmarked to convert Son's cross.

Nine times out of 10 Dias deals with the initial long ball properly but his