I saw what Jack Grealish did for Erling Haaland before Man City penalty - Liverpool should take note

It's not much of a surprise that when Manchester City go through a historic, unprecedented losing streak, the inquest reaches far and wide. No player or theory has gone ignored in a bid from fans and media to find a definitive answer to the question 'what is going wrong at the Etihad?'

There is no simple answer, of course. The losing run wouldn't happen without all the injuries, but there are deeper problems than simply pointing to the medical room.

One theory is that if Erling Haaland doesn't score, City don't score, and that is true to some extent. He missed two chances against Tottenham simply because he thought too much about them and is drastically under-performing his expected goals numbers in the last 10 games.

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Pep Guardiola almost laughed off the suggestion that City were too reliant on Haaland and that is a factor in their losing run. "Tell me one team where Erling plays that would not depend on him," he replied.

"Without Erling we would be in more trouble. We are lucky that we have Erling and every game he has three or four chances. That is what I want from my team and one day we will score two or three like we did a few years ago."

Guardiola also asked his players to 'follow me' in the lead up to this game and trust the processes that have them as four-time defending champions. City started well against Feyenoord, just like they did against Tottenham, and when things got more subdued, they did what the manager asked and kept going. And when Haaland was felled in the box, City had a slightly fortunate penalty and a