Enda McEvoy: Man City find all that glitters is not gold

Will the bargain have been worth it when Faust calls in the loan?, asks Enda McEvoy.

Will the bargain have been worth it when Faust calls in the loan?

For an hour or two on Tuesday night Manchester City’s week was almost bearable. Liverpool were back in Madrid, the scene of last June’s glory, and unable to get a shot on target, such was the ruthless diligence with which the hosts — their antithesis as a unit and therefore the more dangerous — defended.