straight to your inboxPep Guardiola’s patience with his defence ran out in the defeat at Tottenham – and his axing of Aymeric Laporte has sent a powerful message to the rest of his squad.The Manchester City manager insisted this week that he has been delighted with the way his rearguard has reacted to last season’s traumas, buoyed by impressive new signing Ruben Dias and the revitalised John StonesAfter seeing his side rack up their 11th clean sheet from 19 Premier League games as they blitzed West Brom 5-0 on Tuesday night, Guardiola said that the only blip was the stunning 5-2 home defeat by Leicester, when the Blues were still playing catch-up after returning to training a week after everyone else in the league, apart from Manchester.
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