£50m Stones makes £15m Chambers look like a bargain and £2m Holding look like daylight robbery.

— Ö (@OliPriceBates) January 15, 2017

John Stones 💩

— Spion Klopp (@TheKopHQ) January 15, 2017

John Stones is so basic. He can't defend. So many times this season where he's left Man City exposed.

— ReviewFootball (@ReviewFootball) January 15, 2017

I love Everton for helping Chelsea out today but I love Everton more because they stopped John Stones from joining us.

— Uber Chelsea FC (@UberCheIseaFC) January 15, 2017

That was John Stones' best performance for Everton

— Tucker (@TuckerLeighty) January 15, 2017

To be honest, I’ve never been the biggest fan of John Stones. I think the £50million Manchester City paid for him is absolutely horrific. He’s really not worth anything close to that amount of money.

Let’s not pretend that Stones was the only bad performer in that Manchester City team today. Pep’s men were second best all over the pitch and the defending across the back 5 was simply shambolic.

It’s hard to simply suggest that Stones should not play out from the back etc. but that is the style of play of Guardiola and of Stones. It’s why the player cost so much money and it’s why the club were so insistent on bringing in Pep. City must now focus on trying to perfect their unique style of play, but Pep, for the first time in his career, may actually need to adapt his approach slightly, or the English game will simply swallow him up.