Manchester City were rarely comfortable in a 3-2 win over Fulham that sees them keep pace with Liverpool and Arsenal in the Premier League
Pep Guardiola said on Friday that he doesn't need to speak to his players as often these days because of how many leaders they have and how long they have been together.
Moments later, it should have been 0-2 only for Traore to send the ball over the crossbar from just six yards out. Ederson will feel that he put some pressure on, but it was still an enormous let-off. One came after City had been torn apart on the counter again in the second half, not long after Kovacic had put City ahead with his second of he afternoon. Guardiola then brought Kyle Walker over from warming up and spent several minutes with him talking through what he wanted.
That was the kind of afternoon it was at the Etihad, far less comfortable than it could have been and needing every bit of brain power from the pitch and the dugout to get City over the line. But over the line they got, and they head into the October international break just one point behind Liverpool at the top of the table - level with Arsenal in second place.
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