Smooth City ease Pep’s window worries

He may have lost Leroy Sane to injury and been priced out of his quest for Riyad Mahrez but if that represented a bad week for Pep Guardiola in his Manchester City wonderland, normal service was quickly resumed on the field last night.

Goals from Fernandinho, Kevin De Bruyne, and Sergio Aguero were more than enough to see off Albion and allow City open up a 15-point gap in their relentless march towards the title — with just 13 games remaining.

After pulling out of a proposed move for Leicester winger Mahrez earlier in the day, after his club rejected City’s offer of £65m (€75m), Guardiola’s team still managed to field one debutant in what looked like being a perfunctory stroll against Albion, right from kick-off.