Manchester City are suddenly box-office in age of charge-rage and mega defiance | Barney Ronay

The Guardian Sport · 10/14/2026, 11:00:51 PM

This is by far the most interesting this club have ever been and they faced PSG, a kind of twin entity in all this as oil state glove puppets Another day, another note of unreality; another vivid and brilliant spectacle that feels as though it has been whipped together out of meringue and burnt sugar. Time flies when the world is closing in. Two weeks on, this was Manchester City’s first home game since the verdict dropped, the irrefutable body of evidence was refuted, and English football entered its state of ongoing whiplash. In the stadium this felt like watching someone dance while the world burns. This was a brilliant game pegged out around six goals , a collapse, a comeback, posts and bars struck, saved penalties, and a performance of state-of-the-art omni-football from this brilliantly high-grade Paris Saint-Germain team. Continue reading...