These 2 Manchester City players must improve if they are to win the Premier League

John Stones

Pretty much every single City defender could have been on this list, but John Stones is because he cost them £47.5 million in the summer, and is still making the same mistakes.

The England international likes to play the ball out from the back and work the play from there, just as Guardiola likes, but it has too often cost City this season.

And, despite it happening on a few occasions in recent weeks, the 22-year-old was once again at fault at the weekend, with his back-pass from the touchline easily intercepted by Jamie Vardy who, to be fair, finished brilliantly from a tough angle.

Guardiola will keep encouraging him to play like this, but how many more errors will it take for Stones to realise that you can’t play like that all the time?

The defender must improve his decision-making, and overall defensive displays, if City are to challenge for the title.