Rio Ferdinand has blamed John Stones for Manchester City defeat to Leeds United in the Premier league on Saturday.
Leeds stunned the league leaders at the Etihad on Saturday, with Kalvin Phillips and Stuart Dallas putting up outstanding performances in the visitors’ 2-1 win.
Dallas scored netted his second in the game in stoppage time to seal three points for Marcelo Bielsa’s side after Ferran Torres had levelled for City in the 76th minute.
Leeds played with 10 men after Liam Cooper was sent off for a reckless challenge on Gabriel Jesus on the stroke of half-time.
“We asked before the game whether Leeds United can adapt. Will Bielsa adapt his tactics to play against a top-notch team like this?” Ferdinand told BT Sport.
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City, which is 14 points clear of second-place Manchester United, still requires a maximum of 11 points.
It was a fourth defeat in the league, three of them coming at home, as Guardiola lost to a team coached by his mentor, Marcelo Bielsa.
Cooper’s sending-off turned what had been an end-to-end game into one resembling a training-ground exercise of attack vs. defense.
Referee Andre Marriner initially showed the Scotland international a yellow card for a tackle that saw him get the ball but follow through, with his studs showing, into the leg of Gabriel Jesus.
As a result, City center back John Stones spent most of the second half on the edge of Leeds’ penalty area and right back Joao Cancelo as a right winger.