Ruben Dias was fiercely critical of Manchester City's defending in their 2-0 defeat by Tottenham after they conceded an embarrassing second goal.
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City had made a strong start to the game but were rattled by Brennan Johnson scoring against the run of play. And later in the first half they fell further behind after conceding seconds after being awarded a goal kick.
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Dias gave the ball to 'keeper Trafford from the goal kick and the new signing from Burnley gave it to Nico Gonzalez, who was immediately dispossessed by Pape Matar Sarr in his own penalty area. It led to Joao Palhinha scoring and the Portuguese defender could not believe what happened.
WHAT DIAS SAID
"The second goal is unfortunate, it cannot happen," Dias told . "We chased but there was a lot of things to do better. Not everything was good in our first game and not everything is bad now so we have to get back to work. Spurs are a team who can be very dangerous, they started the game very well. We didn't react the best way in sticking to our game."
DID YOU KNOW?
Trafford's error has put renewed focus on City's goalkeeper situation amid Galatasaray's interest in Ederson and the potential for Pep Guardiola's side to sign Gianluigi Donnarumma. Asked why Trafford had started for the second week running after impressing in the 4-0 win over Wolves, Guardiola said: "He made a good first game, James, and I decided to continue. When I take decisions in the first part of the season everyone thinks okay this is the starting line up and these are the players who are going to play, but everybody will play. It was just today I decided that."