The City game was a tale of two halves: pathetic to dynamic, chalk to cheese. Was the formation shift down to Thomas Frank’s genius or forced by injury?

We break down the "moral courage" of Xavi Simons, praise 'man possessed' Palhinha and a veteran-style shift from Archie Gray, and look into the "Giant Redwood" that is Flappy in goal.

Inside this episode:

• The Solanke Saviour: Even an atheist can thank God for that goal.

• The 75-Minute Walkout: Principled protest or utter nonsense?

• Twitter Jury: We shred the week’s most idiotic tweets

• Room 101: Binning off "we go again" and other footballing sins.

• Stat or Fiction: Did VDV really drive home in his kit before the final whistle?

• Man Utd Preview: Which Spurs will show up—the Chalk or the Cheese?

Strap in. We go again.

Fourth in the CL table, above “tiddlers” like Real, Barça, City and PSG. Second-best defence, Flappy apparently the best keeper on earth.

We examine the performance and ask whether this was progress or just another glorious one-off.

Are Spurs going to suprise us before the window closes? And if so, can they please not surprise us with bloody Raheem Sterling on a free?

City to come. Another easy ride?

With Kev Acott and Simon Lipson

COYS THFC

Burnley: missed chance or gritty point? Either way, we didn’t end their miserable run, so… progress? We dig into the numbers (not boringly, promise) and explore whether our best attackers are also our biggest problem.

Plus: Odobert shows promise, Tel gets messed about again and Gallagher’s written off before he’s unpacked. Transfer chat goes suspiciously quiet, ITKs come up empty and we ask whether it’s possible to hate Arsenal too much ahead of City.

Strap in. It’s Nice One Cyril.