Intelligence and adaptation are key to Manchester City's ever-evolving defence, says Ruben Dias.
City have pioneered the inverted full-back in the last two seasons with Joao Cancelo and Aleks Zinchenko and they now they play with a system where both full-backs can move into midfield, as can centre-back John Stones. With a back-four out of possession, City are able to move to a back three with the ball as Stones advances.
Manu Akanji, Nathan Ake, Kyle Walker and Rico Lewis are all capable of adding an extra body into midfield, while being tactically aware to switch to the back three when needed. According to Dias, that intelligence is key to City's successes this season.
