Chris Sutton BLASTS Gary Neville's claim that Man City suffer from 'complacency'

Chris Sutton has labelled Gary Neville's accusation that Manchester City are complacent 'deeply unfair'.

Ex-Premier League star Sutton explained that City have faced four challenging opponents in a row and thinks they are still the best team in the division.

City are winless in four outings after draws with Chelsea, Liverpool, and Tottenham before a 1-0 loss at Aston Villa on Wednesday night.

No Pep Guardiola side has ever recorded fewer shots (two) or allowed the opposition more chances than City did against Villa (22).

Speaking on Mail Sport's It's All Kicking Off podcast, Ian Ladyman criticised their 'abject' attacking performance against Villa but while Sutton believes they have 'dipped', he doesn't see a full-blown crisis.

'Let's not write Manchester City off. Let's not have sensationalist journalism from you. It's ridiculous,' he told Ladyman on Mail Sport's podcast It's All Kicking Off.

'If he [Neville] is hinting about complacency in Manchester City, I don't know how he can judge that. I don't think I don't think that they are complacent. I think that their standards have slipped a little bit.

'But if you look at the recent games where we're all suggesting they're in a crisis, they've drawn with Chelsea away, they've drawn with Liverpool at home, they've drawn with Spurs at home and they've lost to Aston Villa who we've just been praising to high heaven for their incredible home record.

'They're still in a title race. They're still the best team. Well, they have been the most consistent team over a number of seasons. So I don't think anybody is writing them off.

'If we're going to use the word crisis, and I get this, you can use the word crisis. Is this a crisis for Manchester City? Well, it is, but they live by