Summary

There was an air of defiance about Manchester City , an arrogance that comes naturally to those who have developed a false sense of victimhood. Then again, they were not exactly wrong to boast some level of confidence – even if the Premier League found them guilty of 115 financial breaches , City had assembled a team that would at the very least contend in matches worth watching, even if the results could become invalidated in the not-too-distant future.

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