Jamie Redknapp slams struggling Man City star after Tottenham defeat: ‘He couldn’t get near anybody’

Jamie Redknapp has slammed Ilkay Gundogan aft the Manchester City midfielder’s leggy show successful his side’s 4-0 nonaccomplishment to Tottenham.

The defending Premier League champion, seeking to halt the rot aft 4 losses successful a row, fell down aboriginal aft a well-taken brace from James Maddison.

And it lone got worse for Pep Guardiola’s broadside aft the interruption arsenic Pedro Porro’s extremity – followed by Brennan Johnson’s precocious onslaught – condemned City to their 5th nonaccomplishment successful a row.

Much has been made of the lack of Ballond d’Or victor Rodri successful midfield and it proved telling erstwhile again, with Ange Postecoglou’s bossing the crippled successful the mediate of the park.

Gundogan, who returned to the Etihad this summertime astatine the property of 33, was paired alongside Rico Lewis successful midfield but turned successful a mediocre show connected Sunday night.

And the German came nether occurrence from Redknapp astatine full-time who felt the erstwhile Barcelona midfielder was struggling to support up with his Tottenham counterparts.

‘Man City are disconnected it astatine the moment,’ helium said connected Sky Sports. ‘They are abbreviated and things aren’t rather clicking successful midfield with that balance.

‘Gundogan couldn’t get astir the transportation contiguous – helium couldn’t get adjacent anybody and his absorption wasn’t right.’

Analysing Maddison’s archetypal goal, Redknapp criticised Gundogan again, adding: ‘What happens with Gundogan and Maddison is 1 of the astir basal parts of midfield play.

‘When idiosyncratic runs without the shot and they spell successful down you conscionable person to travel your antheral and Gundogan conscionable makes 1 of the astir simple mistakes successful shot by not pursuing [his man].

‘All helium has to bash is people that tally but [instead] helium puts John Stones successful a truly atrocious position.

‘Gundogan has to travel that tally and that’s a truly mediocre from him. He conscionable couldn’t lucifer Spurs’ vigor successful midfield each game.’

The decision leaves City 5 points down Liverpool successful the league table, though Arne Slot’s broadside tin widen that pb to 8 points should they bushed Southampton connected Sunday.

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