India, April 23 -- Eighty-eight minutes on the clock at Turf Moor, Pep Guardiola was visibly agitated and very animated. When Rayan Cherki went solo and drove wide in the 90th minute the Manchester City manager showed four fingers, possibly conveying passing options, and looked upset. After Wednesday's Premier League match ended 1-0, City managing to protect Erling Haaland's fifth minute strike, Guardiola swung an arm, got into a huddle with his staff and may have even been smiling.

On 70 points, Manchester City had done just enough to knock Arsenal off the perch, on the goals scored metric. This is the first time after a matchweek this season that City are above Arsenal. Can they keep doing that for five more matches and win their sixth...