Pep Guardiola said this would be a good test of Manchester City’s level, and so it was. In football terms they are right up there with Chelsea, almost identical for an hour or so, but when it comes to temperament they are lacking. City failed to regain the Premier League leadership because they are not as good at closing out games or hauling themselves back into them as their opponents.
They are not as good at keeping their cool either, which is why they ended up with nine men following a bad-tempered fracas at the end occasioned by Sergio Agüero’s blatant and petulant foul on David Luiz.
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