Ka cire dukkan hayanhayin da ke kewaye da matsalolin Manchester City na kwanan nan, kuma gaskiya biyu masu wahala za nan: sun bar Rodri ya tafi ba tare da maye gurbinsa ba, kuma ba su sanya kowane ƙwararren dan wasan gefe ba. Waɗannan yanke shawara biyu — ko a dai-daice, waɗannan gazawa biyu na yin aiki — suna bayyana sosai dalilin da Manchester City ke fama da faɗuwa.

Labarin da yake shahara yana nuna wani wuri. Kurakurai na tsaro da suka yi laifi sun sa masu sharhi da masu sukar su tambaya game da yanayin tunani na 'yan wasa, yayin da maganar manajan Chelsea Enzo Maresca bayan ci uku a jere a Premier League ta kara kunna harshen wutar tattaunawar.

«A yau ina tsammani [matsalar] ta kasance ta gaba ɗaya,» Maresca ya ce. «Kuna buƙatar sha'awa da ƙarfi don cin nasarar ƙwallon biyu da fafatawa; kuna buƙatar ƙarfi, ko kuna fama — kuma ba mu kai ga matakin ƙarfinsu ba.»

Dalilin da hanyar tunani ba amsawa ba ce

Duk da haka, wannan ganewar ta rasa tushen lamarin. Maresca da masu sharhi da ke ƙarfafa kusurwar tunani sun yi kuskure, a faɗi ba tare da lafazi ba. Raguwar City ta tsarin gini ce, ba ta ƙarfin nufin da son rai ba — kuma har yanzu tana komawa zuwa rashin Rodri.

Lambobin sun bayyana labarin a sarari. A tsawon shekaru bakwai a Manchester City, kulob din ya ci 71.5 kashi dari na wasannin da shi a cikin tawagar kuma kawai 62.3 kashi dari ba tare da shi ba. Sun sha kashi a cikin 12.1 kashi dari na wasannin da ya buga, da 26.2 kashi dari na waɗanda bai buga ba.

Rashinsa ya kasance mafi bayyane a wasan da Nottingham Forest ranar Asabar. Matsayin da Rodri ke tsayawa da ingancin da yake da shi wajen wanke matsin lamba ta hanyar wucewar kusurwa — wanda masu nazari suke kira «press-releasing» — da sun, kusan tabbas, katse hanyoyin da suka kai ga kwallaye uku na Forest. Manajan Oliver Glasner ya bayyana ya san wannan raunin da City ke da shi sosai, inda ya jagoranci 'yan wasan nasa su ci gaba da matsin daga farkon wasa.

Rauni ɗaya, wani wasa

Tsari iri ɗaya ya riga ya bayyana a cikin ci 2-1 da Aston Villa. Ba tare da Rodri don ba da zaɓi na wucewa a tsakiya ba, an yada ƙwallon zuwa Marc Guehi a baya, wanda ya kasa sarrafa shi a ƙarƙashin matsin. A wasan da Forest, kurakurin ya fi bayyana: Elliot Anderson ya juya bayan sa ga wasan gaba ɗaya, yana barin Josko Gvardiol ba tare da zaɓi na wucewa ba kuma ya haifar da faɗuwar da ta kai ga burin farko. Daga nan Anderson ya yi kuskuren hango sau biyu a jere, yana taimakawa burin biyu da na uku na Forest kai tsaye — kurakurai da ake wahalar danganta su da Rodri a mafi kyawun lokacin sa.

Tsarin Maresca na riƙe ƙwallo yana buƙatar dan tsakiya wanda yake da ƙwazo, mai iya sarrafa yanayi da kare tsaro. A Chelsea, Moises Caicedo ya cike wannan matsayi da ƙarfi. A City, babu wanda ya yi daidai da shi.

Wani ɓangarensa da aka rasa: matsalar 'yan wasan gefe

Duk da haka, matsalar Rodri ba ta tsaya kaɗai ba. Manchester City sun shiga wannan kakar ba tare da ƙwararren dan wasan gefe na hagu ko na dama ba — wata babbar sakaci ga kulob wanda manajansa na iya cewa ya haɓaka matsayin dan wasan gefe fiye da kowane kocin Premier League a kwanan nan.

A Chelsea, Maresca ya yi amfani da Marc Cucurella, Reece James, da Malo Gusto tare da ingantaccen kirƙira, yana musanya su cikin sauƙi tsakanin matsayi daban-daban bisa ga matakin wasa. A City, wannan tsarin ɗaya yana aiki ba tare da ma'aikatan da suka dace ba. Kuskuren Gvardiol ga burin farko na Forest da alama ba zai faru ba da Cucurella a wannan matsayi, yayin da irin Gusto ko James da zai haɗu inda Matheus Nunes ya rasa ƙwallon kafin burin Brighton na nasara.

Yana da mahimmanci a lura cewa Manchester City bai ci taken Premier League ba tun lokacin da Pep Guardiola ya daina amfani da akalla ɗan wasan gefe na gargajiya ɗaya. Kyle Walker da João Cancelo — ko dukkansu — sun kasance a gaban waɗanda suka lashe taken sau huɗu a jere na City.

Rasa Rodri ba tare da tabbatar da maye gurbinsa ba ya raunana Maresca kafin ya fara aiki. Shiga kakar ba tare da ƙwararrun 'yan wasan gefe ba ya juya aikin da yake da wahala tuni ya zama wanda yake kusa da yiwuwar yi.