Manchester United didn't offer enough of a test even to begin to assess whether Donnarumma is good enough with the ball at his feet to allow City to play as Guardiola would like them to. Nor did they test whether his starting position is advanced enough to sweep up behind a high defensive line and prevent the sort of chances City yielded up to Tottenham and Brighton.
Jamie Carragher called Liverpool defender Milos Kerkez's play-acting "ridiculous" after the 21-year-old collected a yellow card at Burnley in the Premier League on Sunday. Left-back Kerkez, who joined the Reds for £40 million from Bournemouth in July, went down in theatrical fashion as Clarets midfielder Josh Laurent pursued him inside the box. "It was a dive," former Liverpool defender Carragher told Sky Sports, praising referee Michael Oliver for spotting the simulation. "There are no doubts about it. That is absolutely stupid."