Just one goal but a gulf of class separated the two sides at Stamford Bridge. The champions tried to stem the City flow, but the movement and interchanging of positions from the away side was too much.
Positives
City kicked off without their captain, their flying left-back and their talismanic centre-forward but, despite the absence of Vincent Kompany, Benjamin Mendy and Sergio Aguero, took the game to Chelsea and thoroughly deserved victory. The confidence, spirit and ability of the side Pep Guardiola has constructed is quite intoxicating.
Negatives
It is difficult to find anything remotely wrong with such a performance but, once again, the weight of possession and chances created suggests a one-goal win could have been bettered with cooler finishing.