Man City's leaky defence highlights Donnarumma & Guehi struggles

Manchester City's 100% winning start to the Premier League season comes to an abrupt end against Aston Villa – leaving Enzo Maresca with glaring defensive issues to resolve. Since the start of last season, only eight players have made more errors leading to Premier League goals than Gianluigi Donnarumma and Marc Guehi Manchester City's 100% winning start to the Premier League season came to an abrupt end against Aston Villa – leaving Enzo Maresca with glaring defensive issues to resolve. Nicolas Jackson's double in a 2-1 home win for Villa means City have now managed only one clean sheet in their past six games and the form of goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma and defender Marc Guehi is of concern.

Since the start of last season, only eight players have made more errors leading to Premier League goals than Donnarumma and Guehi with three each. City's most recent shutout came in their impressive victory at Liverpool two weeks ago but, around that game, City have conceded against teams ranging from Champions League holders Paris St-Germain to top-flight strugglers Sunderland. Maresca was forced to try different combinations at the back against Villa, but as the legendary Sir Alex Ferguson once said, "attack wins you games, defence wins you titles". Though still early days in the campaign and guaranteed to be in the top