Manchester City ended their pre-season calendar with a 3-2 defeat to Arsenal in Gothenburg, Sweden, on Sunday after a performance that added further weight to the theory Pep Guardiola's side is somewhat undercooked heading into the new Premier League season.
The result was largely irrelevant, but City's defending, which was sloppy throughout, did little to settle the nerves of their supporters, many of whom feel their team could have done with an increased summer programme, particularly after their proposed friendly with Manchester United in Beijing on July 25 was cancelled because of the poor state of the pitch inside the National Stadium.