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#2 Nicolas Otamendi
The Argentine defender found a lot more chances coming his way after former club captain Vincent Kompany departed over the summer. Pep Guardiola had enough belief in Nicolas Otamendi, who was expected to step up and help his team adjust to life without the Belgian. Unfortunately, a lot of questions will be raised after his poor showing against Norwich City.
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Otamendi looked nervy and uncomfortable on the day and there seemed to be no understanding between him and John Stones. The Argentinean was regularly dragged out of position and even allowed the opposition to run past him. And he was very much at fault for Norwich City’s third and winning goal, when he allowed countryman Emi Buendia to pick his pocket in the box and pass the ball to Teemu Pukki to score.
On the day when Pep Guardiola required the Argentinean to step and take control of his backline, Nicolas Otamendi was one of the poorest players on the pitch.
