The 2-1 victory over Burnley offered Manchester City fans more questions than answers, as Pep Guardiola's men made it four wins out of five over the holiday period.
Can City finally get their act together properly? Is Fernandinho becoming a liability? Is Sergio Aguero capable of goalscoring consistency? Can Claudio Bravo be lent some platform boots? And, apparently most pressing of all, can Pep Guardiola survive in England with its malfunctioning referees and their interpretation of internationally recognised laws of the game, an unrelenting media and the strange quirks that inhabit every nook of the English game?
The 2-1 win was what people used to call "a proper game of football", with drama, passion, bone-shuddering tackles, a referee chasing after his own tail and a fully absorbed crowd.