'Chelsea have suddenly begun to resemble a grown up football team'

The three-horse race rampages on at the top of the Premier League but there was another stumble at the weekend, this time by Manchester City. Pep Guardiola was quick to acknowledge the lame first-half performance by his team but in a throwaway line admitted to some weariness in the squad when he said, “this can happen with so many games so close together”. Chelsea played on Monday in London but City had been Champions League-ing it in Copenhagen on Wednesday and it showed.