Breaking news: Manchester City are human after all! They can be beaten, as their bitter local rivals United proved with a 2-0 victory at the Etihad on Sunday. But does that mean Pep Guardiola's team drops out of the conversation about the Premier League's greatest-ever teams? Not necessarily. A Rolls-Royce still runs like a dream even if it gets a scratch on the back door, doesn't it?
City's run of 21 successive wins and 28 games unbeaten in all competitions was astonishing, even if it was ended by a combination of their own sloppiness, some excellent United defending and some lethal counter-attacking play.