City boss Pep Guardiola admits they had a “flat” start until his trophy-chasers slowly built irresistible momentum. Their false start included a shock loss to Leicester in just their second top-flight game as City were later left languishing 13th in November. Not even the super-charged injection of £100million record-breaker Jack Grealish could inspire City to success at Wembley, where they missed a cutting edge upfront. “Game by game, week by week we try our best to compete as best as possible. Day by day, week by week and game by game we will try our best to compete in every game.

Source: Daily Mirror August 09, 2021 10:32 UTC