Former Manchester City striker Shaun Goater hailed their performance for last night's 1-0 win at Brentford.
Whilst the one goal margin made it feel like Brentford had a hope of getting something from the game, City were rarely troubled after a brief scare in the opening 15 minutes and controlled the contest with 78% possession.
Goater felt City were missing the intensity which characterised our stunning win over Leicester on Boxing Day, but believes Pep Guardiola's men deliberately slowed the game down to quieten the home crowd.
“It was almost a masterclass of managing the whole game," he reflected on City's website.
“You could hear the crowd for six or seven minutes and the reason we didn't hear them for large portions of the game is because of how City played and how they managed it.
“There wasn't a great deal of pace and zip about our game, like at Leicester, but I think it was controlled.
“I think it was purposely controlled to keep their fans quiet. They were saying boring City and I felt this would have been the game plan.
“It was brilliant how we managed it, without creating tonnes of chances but also stopping them getting loads of chances and set pieces."
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