Tony: Dreadful display. Guardiola played a safety side instead of going for it from the first minute, with Jeremy Doku or Savinho and Omar Marmoush in from the start. Foden is away with the fairies and Erling Haaland is hopeless in tight spaces.

Manchester City were poor as they were held to a goalless draw by bottom of the table Southampton. The Blues were slow, sloppy and lacking in energy throughout, only really threatening Southampton’s goal in the final ten minutes of the game.

There was a lack of creativity that stood out throughout the Manchester City midfield yesterday during their nil-all draw with Southampton. Pep Guardiola’s side were kept out by a determined