More Man City defensive tinkering and other things to look out for vs AFC Bournemouth

Pep Guardiola has been unable to decide on a suitable defensive line-up for the vast majority of his matches this season. The Catalan boss tinkered again on Wednesday night in the draw vs RB Leipzig.

Before kick-off, he declared that Manchester City always play with a back four. Ironically, Kyle Walker's advanced positioning at the Red Bull Arena meant that the defensive line was more of a three.

With AFC Bournemouth struggling in the relegation zone, do not be surprised if Guardiola reverts back to Bernardo Silva filling in at left-back. It worked well against Aston Villa and Arsenal so could be used again this weekend.

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Whether you deem it to be fair or not, Ederson has attracted plenty of criticism on social media in recent weeks for his performances. Midweek did not help his case of fighting back against those critics.

Although the Brazilian did make a couple of good saves in that second half, many will point to him being partially responsible for Josko Gvardiol's equaliser. The 'keeper was hesitant off his line and was seemingly caught in no man's land as the centre-back headed home.

Guardiola still trusts Ederson and the 'keeper does deserve the benefit of the doubt. But, Stefan Ortega is waiting in the wings to capitalise on any further mistakes.

Wednesday night in Leipzig will not live long in the memory for City's talisman. Bar one chance in the second half which he dragged wide, Erling Haaland did not trouble the Bundesliga side's defence as much as we know he is capable of.

The Blues' boss has already said that he wants his creative players to do more to help the Norwegian and that sentiment was echoed by the 22-year-old in the Champions League as he showed