Does the former City defender still think they are the Premier League's top dogs?
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00:00You can look at injuries, and you can say City still have the strongest squad in the world.
00:15You know, Roderick makes Manchester City tick.
00:26The relationship between the centre-halves and the whole of the midfielders.
00:30Is one of the most crucial relationships in football.
00:33You know, defensively it makes you very, very solid.
00:36But it also starts your attacks.
00:37It also builds your momentum.
00:39You know, you still have Matthew Kovacic in there.
00:43You've still got Phil Foden that can drop into those places.
00:45Bernardo Silva.
00:47We've seen Gundogan has been in there as well.
00:49This is not like you're looking at kids coming out of the reserves.
00:53You know, and having to play.
00:54Or kids under 21s having to play in that position.
00:58You've got international players that have won the Champions League.
01:00That have won multiple Premier Leagues.
01:02So, yes, it's a disappointment.
01:05But it's not a huge drop-off.
01:07Or it shouldn't be that big a drop-off.
01:15Patsy Forme for Erling Haaland is way better than most other players form.
01:19You know, it's better than 95% of Premier League strikers.
01:27He's just different.
01:28I think it's very, very difficult to leave him out.
01:30Because he offers so much.
01:32He is so big, strong, powerful.
01:36Scores all types of weird and interesting goals at times.
01:41He occupies three or four defenders at times.
01:43Because they're all worried about his pacing behind.
01:45Or his aerial ability.
01:46Or what he's doing.
01:47So, to leave him out would be a big, big call.
01:50It's not like he's going through a drought.
01:52It's not like he's going through a drought.
01:55It's not like he's going through a drought.
01:57You know, an Erling Haaland drought is he hasn't scored for two games.
02:05Manchester City are probably the favourites.
02:17I know Liverpool are at the top at the moment.
02:19But City have been there, seen it, done it several times.
02:22With a manager that's done it as well.
02:24I know the Liverpool players have done it.
02:26But the manager hasn't been in this situation.
02:29And Liverpool will go through a tricky spell.
02:32How they deal with that is sort of yet unknown.