Pep Guardiolas first job at the Etihad Stadium should be to sort out Manchester Citys leaky defence after their frailties were exposed again in Wednesdays 3-0 defeat by Liverpool. Fake Nike Shoes . Thats the view of former City manager Stuart Pearce, who watched his old side come crashing back down to earth just three days after their Capital One Cup final success against the Reds at Wembley.Liverpool claimed their revenge in ruthless style at Anfield, with Adam Lallana, James Milner and Roberto Firmino capitalising on City sloppiness and repeatedly cutting through their backline. The defeat keeps Manuel Pellegrinis side 10 points adrift of leaders Leicester City, and they are now level with rivals Manchester United and only a point ahead of West Ham. Nicolas Otamendi has struggled at Man City since his £33m arrival from Valencia The problems are piling up after consecutive Premier League defeats to Leicester, Tottenham and Liverpool, and their defensive issues are a particular cause for concern. City have now conceded 31 goals this season - more than Watford and Southampton and their highest total after 27 games since 2010. Manchester City - goals conceded after 27 games Premier League season Goals conceded 2015/16 31 2014/15 27 2013/14 27 2012/13 24 2011/12 19 2010/11 24 I wasnt surprise by Wednesdays result because, coming out of the weekend, Liverpool had something to prove in front of their own fans and they had a bit of fire in their bellies, Pearce told Sky Sports. Quite often that is the case. One team will win one fixture and then the other one will spring up and win the other, so I wasnt surprised that Liverpool won.From Man Citys point of view, though, they have struggled defensively for a lot of the season, he continued. Vincent Kompany being missing for too many matches has been a real problem, and theyve struggled for consistency as a result. Stuart Pearce managed Manchester City for two years between 2005 and 2007 Club captain Kompany only returned from his long spell on the sidelines last month, and in his absence Pellegrini was unable to settle on a first-choice centre-back pairing, with Nicolas Otamendi, Eliaquim Mangala and Martin Demichelis all struggling for form.I feel as though its a quality issue as well, added Pearce. I look at Dimechelis in the heart of the defence. Hes played a fair few games this season but at the age of 35 hes probably had his better years behind him. Ive seen him being pulled around far too easily in matches. His lack of pace has been a problem.So with City and the new manager coming in next year, you need someone alongside Kompany and you need to make sure Kompany plays more games than he has done this year. If that isnt the case and you cant guarantee that, then all of a sudden you might have to look to go and strengthen. Vincent Kompany has spent much of the season sidelined by injury Otamendi is Manuel Pellegrinis first choice partner for the returning Kompany but has struggled to live up to his hefty price-tag in a difficult debut season in England. I think Otamendi has probably suffered because hes not had a partner alongside him who has not been a real consistent performer, Pearce said.Sometimes with central defender pairings youre taking strength off of each other. You dont have to be great players but you have a wonderful partnership between you. Roll the clock back a few years to Steve Bruce and Gary Pallister. Neither were regular England internationals - in fact one of them never played for England in Brucey - but as a partnership they were outstanding. Stuart Pearce thinks managing in the Premier League is as hard as any job Kompany was unable to provide a quick-fix at Anfield having only recently returned from his long spell on the sidelines, but Pearce did take encouragement from Citys 3-1 Champions League win over Dynamo Kiev and their Capital One Cup final success at Wembley.The two games prior to Wednesday were really solid defensive performances, he said. Going to Kiev I thought the team played really well, and the cup final as well. Defensively City looked pretty strong, I dont think Liverpool had too many clear-cut chances in that game. Pellegrini: Nothing has changed Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini insists nothing has changed in their quest for the title. This week they have taken their eye off the ball, though. It only takes five per cent down from one team and five per cent up on the other and you get a result like what we saw on Wednesday.City will need to improve quickly if they are to have any chance of mounting a serious title challenge in the final weeks of the season, but Pearce expects incoming manager Guardiola to focus his summer recruitment on bringing in defensive reinforcements. Pep Guardiola has signed a three-year contract at the Etihad Stadium Ive been a defender all my life so I would say this but I think you have to have a solid defence, he said. Theyve got one of the best goalkeepers in the world at Manchester City, but they need to make sure that the centre of your defence and defensive midfield are strong enough that youre not going to concede too many goals.If you dont do that, all of a sudden it erodes what youre doing at the other end of the pitch. 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TAMPA, Fla. -- The banged up Tampa Bay Lightning look to continue their winning ways while the Columbus Blue Jackets hope to get back on the winning track.The Lightning host the Blue Jackets at Amalie Arena on Friday having won five of the previous six games despite the loss of key personnel.Tampa Bay is without captain Steven Stamkos for up to four months following knee surgery to repair a partially torn meniscus in his right knee that was performed on Nov. 16. Top defenseman Anton Stralman has been out since suffering an upper body injury on Nov. 12, and has missed six games.Along the way Tampa Bay has also been without Jonathan Drouin, Brian Boyle, Nikita Kucherov, Valtteri Filppula and now J.T. Brown for various bumps and bruises that have kept them out of games.Its tough, but thats why you have to have depth, Lightning head coach Jon Cooper said. This happens every year, so you just have to weather the storm and move on. But its a tough time for it because we have a lot of games in a short period of time. We need guys to step in with little practice time and keep going here.Tampa Bay used Erik Condra and Luke Witkowski in Wednesdays game against Philadelphia, both callups from the American Hockey League, while Cory Conacher was called up earlier in the season.The Blue Jackets, meanwhile, jumped out to the best start in franchise history with a 10-4-2 record through 16 games. But coming off a 2-0 loss to the Calgary Flames aat home, the first loss at Nationwide Arena since Oct. Fake Shoes. 15, the team was not pleased with their effort in getting shut out for the first time on the season.It seemed like we were a little off all night, Blue Jackets left wing Brandon Saad told the Columbus Dispatch. We did have chances, and if we made tape-to-tape passes we would have had goals there, but there were a couple miscues there. Weve got to get back to our identity.Part of that comes from head coach John Tortorella, who is in his first full season behind the bench since taking over in October of last season, replacing Todd Richards, who is now an assistant coach with the Lightning.If you get back to the grassroots of what makes you good, its our penetration, when were getting underneath teams, Blue Jackets captain Nick Foligno told the Columbus Dispatch. Its getting behind the net and in front of the net, and we just didnt do enough of that.One subpar game does not take away from all the work Columbus has done in the early parts of the season, said Tortorella, who won a Stanley Cup while coaching the Lightning in 2004.We know we are a good team, we know we have put some good minutes in during this first quarter of the season, Tortorella said. Weve just got to try to get back to our game and see if we can get some momentum bacSk. 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