When the curtain went up on the new Premier League season at the Principality Stadium, Manchester City recoiled at what they saw. Pep Guardiola was not standing on the touchline for a start. In his stead, poor Enzo Maresca looked like a man blotted out by the shadow of his predecessor’s greatness.
Even the Arsenal supporters seemed startled by it. ‘Are you Tottenham in disguise?’ they sung before half-time. And then, to remind City that Arsenal are the new kings, Gunners fans turned their backs on the pitch and did ‘the Poznan’, City’s signature dance of delight. Maresca was serenaded with
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