Terrace Talk: Rebirth of the real City: Frail, feeble, and flawed

The light-hearted fidgeting of Christmas 2018 is over and the serious fretting of the new year can begin in Manchester City households. We can at last raise a tentative glass to the rebirth of the real City. Frail, feeble, and flawed.

What dizzying change of scenery is this? First Liverpool are anointed the new New Invincibles after their thumping win over Newcastle put them seven points clear of the old New Invincibles, City, who are now to be found floundering behind Spurs in third place.