Pep Guardiola felt that Ruben Dias wasn't aggressive enough to stop James Maddison for Leicester City's first goal on Boxing Day because he didn't want to get a yellow card.
16.12.2021 - 18:32 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Manchester City defender Ruben Dias has been crowned the best player in the Premier League for 2021 by football analysts CIES.
The CIES Football Observatory has "accumulated the greatest pitch experience since the start of the year" and has Dias in second across Europe's top five leagues, behind only David Alaba who swapped Bayern Munich for Real Madrid over the summer.
Dias's nearest Premier League rival is Manchester United's Bruno Fernandes in 11th place, with City team-mate Bernardo Silva
Pep Guardiola felt that Ruben Dias wasn't aggressive enough to stop James Maddison for Leicester City's first goal on Boxing Day because he didn't want to get a yellow card.
Pep Guardiola said that Ruben Dias didn't want to risk a yellow card when he allowed James Maddison to beat him and get Leicester back into the game.
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