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sport news Chris Sutton: Pep Guardiola knows small details matter and Man City profited ... trends now
John Stones scored at the near post after a smart corner by Kevin De Bruyne Guardiola knows details such as this matter when you are locked in a title race CHRIS SUTTON and IAN LADYMAN give their title predictions (finally!) - It's All Kicking Off podcast
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Who knows how long Manchester City had been sitting on that set-piece routine. Days? Weeks? Months? Years? I can’t say I’d seen them try this before.
Maybe they had been saving it for an occasion worthy of revealing their secret drill. City set up everyone as if a normal cross was coming, only for Nathan Ake to use his body to barge Alexis Mac Allister out of the way of the front post so that Kevin De Bruyne’s delivery would set up John Stones to score.
It totally took Liverpool by surprise and may have reminded a few