It was a team performance against Arsenal that verged on a kind of physical, technical and tactical perfection
When did it become not just clear but utterly unavoidable that Manchester City? And not just winning it but offering up the most refined of sporting strangulations?
But it wasn’t quite that either. The unravelling started in the opening 10 minutes, the opening five, perhaps the first few seconds, when suddenly the air seemed to have been sucked out through the stadium roof, andBy the end there was a completeness to this 4-1 defeat of City’s only serious competitors in the league this season.
Jack Grealish of Manchester City clashes with Thomas Partey of Arsenal on a night when Manchester City were too strong.From that opening sky-blue swarm, City took Arsenal into a horrible place here. They didn’t let them leave. On this run, with these players in this form, it isn’t really necessary for this City team to do anything exceptional or unusual to win, to be inspired, to find moments of grace. They just need to press play.
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