A week on from his display of fist-pumping pride in his Manchester City players, Pep Guardiola left the Etihad bearing a sense of immense frustration that he will hope doesn't linger for the next six weeks.
City produced the scintillating late drama against Fulham, but with 11 men they couldn't break down a stubborn Brentford for a second time and had to watch on as the Bees did to them what they had done to Fulham last week.
We were in the 98th minute when Ivan Toney scored his second goal of the game and it was hard to say Brentford didn't deserve it. This was as poor as City have played all season.
