“They are far too good for anyone,” said Sam Allardyce. “Almost unstoppable,” stated Pep Guardiola. The temptation is to assume each was discussing Manchester City after another elegant evisceration, a demonstration of how to ally class with a clinical streak, possession football with penetration.
And, indeed, the beaten Everton manager was bemoaning the excellence of his conquerors. “In my long career I have found a way to frustrate a team and block them off. But with this team, whichever way you try to block them off they can get round it and through it,” the arch-nullifier Allardyce said.
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