Welcome to the latest episode of this, the 7th season - after Liverpool had a tough weekend - after wins over Qarabag and Newcastle bumped back down to earth with a bizarre finish to the City match. I’m Paul, joined by Daz and Sean. 

• 2nd best in the first 30 minutes

• 35 minutes in the second half

• Seemed to throttle back in intensity and territory after the goal 

• Big miss from Hugo? 

• We’ve dropped 8 points in 5 games in added time this season. Bug or feature? No Darwin threat

• Refereeing:

• The penalty

• The other ‘penalties’ and red cards

• Fitness levels?

• Tough away especially where the team are

• No Dom. No confidence in Ramsay. Perhaps no Mo (death in the family/compassionate leave) — thin squad is now emaciated. 

Part One - Manchester City at home Part Two - Sunderland:We will be back next week with a review of the Sunderland game. Thanks to Daz and Sean for joining me, Paul. And most of all, thank you dear listener for joining us.If you enjoyed the pod, please share it with a friend. Follow us @FirstStateKopites on X  – we only tweet and retweet from sources we think are credible. Music is courtesy of Hypenotic – they are a Welsh electro-pop band – https://hyperfollow.com/hypenotic