So Pep Guardiola appeared to be right again. The three minutes when it looked like his world fell in seem to serve as vindication for the Manchester City manager.
He does not like playing with this much attacking abandon. He does not like going so vertical so quickly. Because, for him, City lose control of matches when they play like this.
Given the nature of Tottenham’s two first-half goals – bang, bang before Ederson could even contemplate apologising about the first – that is exactly what happened last night.