When will Man City need to get out of second gear?

There is little sense that Pep Guardiola's side is being stretched

Manchester City's Raheem Sterling celebrates scoring the only goal of the game. Picture: John Walton

Pep Guardiola must be starting to wonder when his Manchester City will be forced to move out of second gear.

As Arsenal became the latest side to fail to lay a glove on the league leaders, the ease with which City were able to wrap up the win, together with the evident strength in depth of Guardiola’s squad, only strengthened the view this could be the season City complete a clean sweep of honours.