For the second time this week, Premier League leaders Manchester City were 2-0 up against over-matched opponents, stretching their advantage at the summit and into suffocation mode.
Phil Foden had doubled the advantage for Pep Guardiola’s men early in the second half, meaning Norwich City’s task was as futile as Brentford’s three days earlier and would end in a heavier 4-0 reverse.
That win at the Etihad Stadium brought the now customary moans that City’s dominance is boring or sterile, but a pulsating first half-hour at Carrow Road in the tea-time kick-off was anything but.
