Manchester City had five captains on the pitch at Juventus, but none of them are on the same page and their actions before and after the Champions League spoke volumes.
There were plenty of brutal headlines in the Italian news stands on Thursday mornings, yet the most cutting came back in England after another Manchester City collapse.
This is the underlying problem that City have put off because they have won so much. This is no longer about the injury crisis and Guardiola is no longer interested in using that as an excuse. At the Allianz Stadium, they had Ederson, Kyle Walker, Ruben Dias, Ilkay Gundogan, Bernardo Silva, Jack Grealish and Kevin De Bruyne in the starting line up. Hardly inexperienced, and a team packed full of leaders.
"Every single player has to push themselves individually to be better. Individually and collectively - everyone now has to question themselves and try to figure out what to change and what to do to contribute to the team in the best possible way." "Our biggest problem will always be ourselves not being at the best level. We have to be better, it’s the mindset for us," Dias asserted. "We all know what we can do but it’s about trying to get back to that level."
Is that a major issue? Maybe not - City rotate who has the final word and every player has their pre-match superstitions. However, everything Walker does is scrutinised this season because he is badly out of form, partly because he rushed himself back from injury.
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