Sad Guardiola lost the plot... and then the match

FROM his position in the posh seats, Pep Guardiola stared into the distance, glassy-eyed.

His faint hopes of a perfect game had just been punctured by Mo Salah and, under the terms of his banishment, he could do little to reinflate them.

Behind the blankness, he might have been regretting the outburst that took him from the technical area, caused by a poor decision that denied Leroy Sane a second City goal (left).

He might have been wondering if his touchline presence could have staved off the inevitable drop in intensity.

He might have been drifting mentally towards the future, wondering how long he himself can maintain this level of commitment.

Guardiola lost it,