Dull clash casualty of dodgy Wembley pitch

Blame the pitch, perhaps, but what what should have been a Monday night cracker between two of the Premier League’s most exciting sides turned out to be something of a damp squib, writes Gerry Cox

City returned to the top of the table, with Riyad Mahrez’s early goal enough to ensure victory over Tottenham in a game that could politely be described as perfunctory, but was actually pretty dull.