[theo_luddite]

Give him a few games in the 2nd team and have remember what "if in doubt put/kick it out" means and learn better how to put an arm (and a leg if necessary) across somebody. Pep might not be happy if he's benched/dropped but given his teams have so much possession they don't have to defend that often, he's in need of getting back to basic training. See Kasumu - even if he overdid the "taking one for the team" bit, it stopped two late Luton attacks by the half-way line.

Man City are good at that too - they usually do it in the oppo's half and get fewer cards for it.