The Spain international was ineffective in the game as
Chelsea suffered their first defeat of the season at the
hands of title-challengers City.
And Shearer believes some of the blame for the Blues'
toothless display can fall at the feet of Fabregas, who he
said was not at the races.
He told BBC Sport : "Fabregas did not look like he knew
whether he was meant to be an attacking midfielder or a
defensive one. He ended up being neither.
"Because he was caught in two minds, he was not in
position to help Matic when City came forward. Too many
times they went at Chelsea straight down the middle
through David Silva or Sergio Aguero and it was too easy
for them.
Cesc Fabregas was nowhere near his best against Man City
"On top of not offering his defenders any protection,
Fabregas did not do anything of note going forward either.
"He was not playing any dangerous balls up to Diego Costa
and Chelsea's other forwards, and was not particularly
effective when he got up the pitch to join them."
Chelsea will look to get back to winning ways next Sunday
(1.30pm) when they travel to the Hawthorns to take on
West Brom.
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