Wobbly City put Hughes on defensive

PERHAPS there is something in the Eastlands water.

Perhaps Mark Hughes is correct and his team is still in the process of learning how to play with each other. Or perhaps there is some more intrinsic and fatal flaw running through the core of Manchester City.

But, for all the frantic comings and goings, the proud boasts about a bright new dawn, one fact remains concerning City – Eastlands is currently the place where the careers and reputations of defenders go to die.