That should have been a yellow . City get away with an awful amount tactical fouls.

Sad but true

So disappointing to concede an early goal like that - for all their utter dominance in terms of possession and passing, City only have two shots on goal so far.

Starting to get back in to the game more. Certainly been more even.
City's weakness is definitely the full back positions simply because the wide men don't track back. If we can be brave enough with our full backs we can create overlaps. But.....make a mistake and Sterling and Mahrez are running at the CB's without much protection

We got back into the game quite well but the final end product wasn't there. You also get the feeling City can step it up at any moment.

Haven't realized just how in form City is. Tough to get something out of this game.

It could have been be an interesting game if we didn't give away a stupid goal. I think I only saw Elneny pass the ball forwards once.

The most frustrating thing, apart from the soft goal, was that it took us half an hour to summon up the courage to play and when we did, led by Tierney and Saka, we looked quite dangerous.

So much of football at the top level is played in the head.

City are great, no doubt about that. But this is also one of those games that makes you bitter about what kind of club they are. I mean, of course they're good, it would be weird if they weren't. Ruben Diaz has managed to fill the void left by Kompany, but if we could sign five central defenders for £40m-£50m I bet we'd find a really good one eventually, and the same can be said for pretty much every position in their team.

Bitterness aside though, it's weird that we're still in this. We can't afford to concede another goal, and need to dig a little deeper to score one ourselves, but ending their winning run and getting a point would be a great result here.

According to the pundit, we have had 5 more red cards since Boxing day than any other side and we've lost 7 (or will lose can't recall) straight against City, the most since the Revie days to Leads in the early 70s.

I reflect on that most times that I watch them. A sort of inflated version of Chelsea. Both were nothing clubs until ludicrous amounts of dosh turned up.

City have taken their foot off the gas a bit, easing of the press and giving us more time to build up our play. We need to do something with the extra space

Ødegaard is crap today

Mari with another very poor pass

Saka is the only outfield player with impact

Another very poor Mari pass

I expected a bit more out of Ødegaard. Maybe a bit unfair because he hasn't fully settled in yet. But still....

Final throw of the dice. Martinelli for Elneny. Please don't be Willian for Elneny.

You have been so negative throughout this match it's incredible. Did someone nick your sweets?

Good chance for City but the ref should've blown the whistle when Cancelo's knee hit Holding in the head. Doesn't matter if it's a foul or not, football needs to learn to take potential head injuries seriously.

Yes, Arteta

So Cancelo clocks Holding on the head and picks up a subsequent yellow. In the meantime he’s allowed to proceed and to shoot in a dangerous position. Would that have been pulled back via VAR? Why didn’t Moss blow for a foul at the time?

He got a yellow subsequently. How can it not be a foul?

Phew! No Willian

Pathetic.

Mari with an accurate pass

I agree

Thoroughly enjoyed our game today. Everyone played well.

Apart from the goal it was a solid defensive effort from us, but it's frustrating that we couldn't threaten them at all going forward. They are of course by far the best defensive side in the league this season, but we didn't even create a half-chance in that second half.

Oh well - Not expecting even a point there.

City is 10 points ahead now.

Well, after a promising last 15 mins of the 1st half in which we looked very dangerous we barely laid a glove on them in the 2nd which was disappointing because they were not at their best.

In truth, we still have too many players not at their level, either technically, physically or mentally.

Tierney and Saka were our best players which is ironic really given their relative youth and inexperience.

Yes, going back to your half-time comment about football being played in the head, Tierney and Saka looked like the only ones who believed we could do something tonight.

They definitely have something about them character-wise.

Would not be surprised to see either coveted by the very best teams in europe.

Guardiola could not have failed to take notice today.

Other than the goal I thought that Holding played well and created when he could.

Yep, he played very well, goal apart.

I don’t think it’s fair to call City a nothing club in the past. They’ve always had a big and loyal fan base. Talksport have this quiz where a couple of contestants have to guess the attendance for obscure matches from the past. One of them was City v Macclesfield league game at Maine Road when City must have been at their lowest. Was it the old third division? Anyway, while I don’t recall the exact figure when the answer was given, what I do remember is that it was over 30k.

How many clubs would have got over thirty thousand in the old Third Division, let alone a game against Macclesfield?

Yeah, I get all of that but..

I’ll bet that nobody much had heard of them outside of the UK. Now they are a European super power. That’s the kind of comparison that I had in mind. In European terms they were a nothing club.

And add PSG to the list.

When Man City won the European Cup Winners Cup in 1970, PSG did not exist.

Sorry but City are a proper team.

Yes but bang average by European terms being a generous assessment is the point. Now they're a sports-washing investment vehicle.

Edit: As are lots of clubs I suppose