Pep Guardiola has 'obsessed' over Manchester City's rotten run 'maybe too much' according to his goalkeeper Stefan Ortega this week.
But he looked like he simply had no answers for another shambolic defensive display that abandoned all 'basics' that they usually rely on.
But for Ortega, Guardiola's woes would have been compounded even earlier at Aston Villa as he produced two big saves in the opening two minutes to keep City level.
The Blues picked up where they left off last weekend at the end of the shambolic Manchester derby, and were lucky to be just one goal down at the break.
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