A number of Manchester City fans were unimpressed with Aymeric Laporte in their 2-1 win over West Ham United in the Premier League on Sunday.
Pep Guardiola made two changes from the 2-1 win over Paris Saint-Germain in midweek, with Gabriel Jesus and Laporte coming in for Oleksandr Zinchenko and John Stones.
It was the Spain centre-back who came in for criticism from a section of City supporters. The 27-year-old made his 10th league start of the season but struggled when coming up against Michail Antonio at the Etihad Stadium.
Laporte was booked in the first half after a risky challenge on the Jamaican on the edge of the penalty area and was fortunate that the resulting set-piece came to nothing.
Along with his booking, the Spain international made just one tackle all afternoon, lost the ball on five occasions and recorded zero blocks. [SofaScore]
Man City fans react
Here is what these City supporters had to say regarding the £40.5m-rated defender, with many not impressed by his performance today and one labelling his defending as ‘heartbreaking’.
“Nahhhhhhh Laporte has to go”
“sell Laporte man, I’ve seen enough”
“Laporte is a liability against pace and power but Cancelo needs to help him out there against Antonio”
“Laporte is just awful, no offence though”
“Laporte is a shell of his former self”
“Laporte 1v1 defending is heartbreaking”
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