Terrace Talk - Man City: Bernardo Silva gives the antidote to Tuchel's kryptonite

Chelsea were being made to look mighty ordinary. In the context of a single game, it would of course be tempting to reopen the hyperbole factory

MAGIC MAN: Man City's Bernardo Silva eludes Mateo Kovacic of Chelsea during City's 1-0 victory at Stamford Bridge. Picture: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images

Strident football opinions are 10-a-penny these days, as easy to stumble into as embarrassing Boris Johnson quotes, and equally quick to decompose.

Twenty minutes into this Ronaldo-decorated season, Manchester United, we were reliably informed, were the Real Deal again.