Like hotel-room wallpaper, playing out from the back should go unnoticed ... more than double fellow strugglers Wolves and Leicester City, but these moves have resulted in just one goal.

He flings out his arms ... like about City’s ball retention and decision-making for Arsenal’s goals; there is no greater insult this season. Players who were used to playing the right pass ...

The problem for City, though, is that they fell out of the top five last weekend ... "Now, if they were playing in my back garden I would close the curtains - although that would be a bit harsh ...