Look beyond the wealth and admire the solutions found by Pep Guardiola and his team in this draining, bubble-bound season
This was a feat of controlled, pared-back excellence, a team happy now with their reduced pressing levels, built around two fine centre-backs and something close to double pivot in front, with a spread of goals and incision in those massed attacking midfielders. Five players reached double figures last season. So far Ilkay Gündogan is top league goalscorer with 12.
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