We will go on to him in just a moment.

But why don't we start with Spurs?

And whether or not that performance for you signified the beginning of Josie's rain at Spurs or or at least a corner turned on?

It was a big.

It was a big win, but I just covered over.

The tracks are a 1,000,000 miles.

I could have been six or seven, Neil.

I mean, on any other day, it could have been on me and they rode their lot.

I give him that credit.

The players stuck to the game plan.

They stuck to the game plan.

They hung in there and then they got their lucky breaks.

And on a great girl, I mean, it's a great girl.

I mean, soon as the lad it see, he's running away.

No, that's a goal.

But no, I mean, if you can't sit there and say, Oh, you know Marino's, you know, doing great.

He's done great.

I mean, it was just I mean, it was just an absolute run around.

In my opinion, you've got stats.

It's too new, and that's the way it is.

But not for May I mean it covered over the cracks there, a 1,000,000 miles behind 1,000,000 miles, he was brought in to get in the top four.

That's a big result to get in a chance of getting in the top four.

So well, that's it.

Takes him a step closer.

And it is actually a weekend where a lot of the other challenges for top four failed.

T make significant advances Spurs did for you any what did they do well in that game?

Well, I think they hung in there a CZ, most said.

I mean, man say it could have been five new up.

They had so many chances.

Think about 19 shot 19 attempts.

Spares only had three.

Obviously, they've taken their chances.

I think Sonny is a big one as well.

When they're missing.

Hurricane son always steps up to them late.

He's done it season after season.

Hurricanes had sustained injuries.

Son steps up in scores goals.

But I think Marino's teams are always that kind of team that they defend while they love defending that he sets them up to try and defend, but That's the first big win against a top four side they've lost against, Shell said.

They've lost against United the loss against Liverpool.

It seems like Tottenham are Man sees Burger team.

They seem to lose against them.

So it was a lucky win.

There's no there's no getting away from that.

And you mentioned the stats a minute ago and the difference in shorts and that sort stuff.

Let's have a little look at it because it is very significant.

This when when most talks about the fact that man said he could have been 16 up, you know, look at these and the important ones to look at, really the attempts there, talking with three Manchester City with 19 and also the touches in the opposition box Spurs with 11 and Manchester City with 52.

I mean, that's quite significant difference.

Man City were dominant in aware ears, but the problem I have is mentioned.

You've done that to me too many times this season.

Now for May.

They did it and field of what I played well and field and they were to kneel down and live.

Report only had two shots and they dominated wolves at home and lost to me.

Also, Man City having a real tough time keeping clean sheets.

You can dominate the game all you want.

You can be open, you could be expensive.

You can create all these chances.

But if you're gonna concede nearly every time the opposition attack, you're gonna have problems.

And that that's what they found have lost six games this season.

Is it worrying for pet that kind of form core?

Very much so.

The league's l I mean, the 22 points behind.

I mean, you're talking.

I sit there and I look and I think fortunate gets away of it.

And I say that in a way where he's got 22 international he's got, he's got a player for two plans for every position, virtually to be 22 points behind, you know, and then clock goes on.

Why not be turning up for the night for the Cup game and everybody jumps on his back?

He must be sitting there thinking was No.

One, sending for about Pep Guardiola's 22 points.

Billingsley is also spent the most money, spent a lot of money and I was quite surprising.

Gunnery window why they didn't go in for centre.

Half got midfielders playing.

It's and 1/2 that's been a position.

Johnstone's let's say he's completely out of favor.

So don't it?

Looks like Maybe that, you know, there seems to be sort of, Well, it's it's over.

And, um, you know, they're not really the seaside that are really cutting edge that we're used to seeing.

They got it terribly wrong in the summer for May you know when when company.

I don't know if they knew he was gonna leave, but when company left, you had to replace him.

Autumn.

And he's not good enough for me to play in a title win inside regularly.

Pep Guardiola comptel me in interviews that is having Johnstone's.

He's a fantastic defender, but I'm never gonna believe him because if he was that good, he'd be playing in.

His team would be using him to help him win games and win title.

So the fact that you have to move Fernandina out of his position where he is the best in the league is the best defensive midfielder in the league.

You have to move him to play center, half where is not as good as company was.

Then the port gets injured and you're playing autumn ended.

He was not as good as report, so that that back free day that kept them so solid against counterattacks is just just nowhere near what it was last year.

If you look Pep Guardiola, Mascherano played center off Barcelona.

My team has played, sometimes center off by immunity.

It doesn't.

It's like I've got that much attacking player.

I don't really have to be that solid at the back, and I think it's been found out this season.

Don't get me wrong something.

I mean, they could play next week or in two weeks time and they could beat.

You ain't new and they could beat you.

Seven.

Neil.

They have got that in them like they did at Villa Park.

They just brushed him aside.

But it's impossible for me for them to be 22 points behind livable for our good Liverpool being, you still wouldn't if both teams played each other 10 times in the next 10 days.

You wouldn't say you wouldn't say no.

No way would Liverpool win all 10 games.

You probably sort of side with Man City on their day, which is strange.

It adds a lot of pressure as well.

If there wasn't already Thio the champion's e prospect about them trying to progress in the form that therein do you worry about them in the Champions League as well?

Any I do because of that defensive bit.

I think when you come up against European opposition, that's when the level is just much higher, that strikers are much more clinical on Dhe.

I just think that is the bit the final bit for for Pep Guardiola, now winning the Champions League and they don't look anywhere near your 22 points behind in the Yurt domestic league, you're probably not gonna win the Champions League on Dhe.

I think that's what put Graduate ultimately was brought in to do it.

Man City on everybody kind of tippy toes around.

It's Pep Guardiola is a genius, but it's not good enough.

Really.

You can't spend all that money be 22 points behind the arrival on DDE be so far off potentially win in the Champions League.

You must be punished by the high standards that he sets himself on both teams at manages.

Yeah, I think he'll always be judged at that level because of the career has had on these one.

Everything everywhere, isn't he?

So we're always going to judge him on right side because because of the money he spent on, what, what, he's got his disposal.

We should be expected to win things every year.

I just think like most says when they're on it and they take their chances and bacon, bacon brush people aside.

So they're always gonna be a friend in the Champions League.

I don't think they can't win it.

I think there's not that there's a possibility they can win it if they take their chances in there.

They always managed to find a good day when they play.

But I just think teams now know that there's that weakness.

They're you know, they know that if we just hang in here way, get off a chance on the counter, there's a decent chance we're going to school.

Does that, that confidence that you're talking about, the other teams they all like they have now when they come up against Manchester City during the place themselves, are lacking that in their team.

I don't think teams have got confidence again playing against Nancy.

I don't think you'd turn up that city or playing my home of all this is Andy man.

See you coming.

What?

I think their Achilles here was at the back.

So you got to have a go.

You got to You know, you're going to get chances.

You play against Liverpool and you know, against Liverpool, you have to stay with them for 94 minutes.

You have to stay with them.

They can have a bad 20 minutes, Liverpool and then the next for where they can blow you away.

That's not the case with Fancy Man City Team's arriving the government city Now.

Now, when we took when we go up the bar around Madrid, people, I think a bit a bit lackadaisical, thinking it's only around Madrid.

They ain't around.

Madrid of old Devon got run out of the top of the league.

You know, this is a good team and offended Dino Place center off over the two legs.

Who's the best older midfield player, if no in the world and he plays center off.

I'd be shocked if they went through, and I mean, be shocked because you know, when they start getting up against people, if they get through this and then they draw PS gin and your plan against any you know, any planet, no disrespect finish.

Dinner was great the other day, but the longer the game went on and the movement was here and he was trying to gamble on trying to get in and trying to, you know, trying to gamble so off, try and help the team and push forward.

He was getting picked off of a story in the less the game.

When Lester went there, they volley as soon as less.

The gullible volley just pulled onto Fernandina do not mean that the opposition managers, not Christian players, aren't silly.

They will find a weakness if there is one of our every time that Les the one the ball back Valley just spilled onto Fernandina, put it in behind him.

I'll beat him in a race all day.

I fancy my chances against me, but it's like you said Paul.

I mean, it could have been six nil against Tottenham.

You don't know what team we're gonna turn up.

I mean, the day is the 26 of them that is the first leg against Rome.

Madrid.

You could almost see actually, that they take their form into the Champions League that they have been missing the last couple of games, at least in the Premier League, and different things is we start to turn it on like a like a tabby, just to turn up and think, You know, we could be a bit open here and then next week we'll be more tired.

It's no in Pep Guardiola's DNA, you know he likes to open.

The game is expansive.

They passed the move and they keep themselves open.

And for May, I would against around Madrid, I put Finn and Dean on Rodri in front of Stones and whoever has to be up to Mendy because I think the pop singer, I'd say You two stay there in front of these two given protection because, you know, I played with one of the best in the best about in Tony Adams.

And I've played with people like that, you know, great defendant.

But I don't care where you know you could be mounting and crazy if you if I'm running from me when I'm running at you a place with the ball.

I'm skipping parties seven out of 10.

So you need protection.

It don't matter how good you are.

You need protection.

Tony Adams of Sit here and tell you, you know, leave exile, Nigel Winterburn.

They won't get anywhere, you know.

They got, they were in here and you got protection.

That's not being a bad defend.

That's being a great defender.

And that's the problem there to open.

And it don't matter to you at the back.

When people run in here, they'll skip Party's seven out of 10 times.

I don't care who you are.