Burnley 1-1 Manchester City: 5 Talking Points

#1 Vincent Kompany is beginning to look past his best

Not the finest performance from Manchester City defensively

It was rather sad to see, but the man who has defined the winning mentality that has engulfed Manchester City for much of the last decade looked rather off the pace at Turf Moor. It was clear that Dyche and Burnley had targeted him, playing Ashley Barnes, a striker known for never letting defenders out of his sight, up against him. The Belgian, now 31, is getting older and it is understandable that the constant injury issues he has battled for years have begun to haunt him.

With City’s record signing Aymeric Laporte on the bench and John Stones to return, Kompany can expect to fall down the pecking order. Guardiola may have felt his experience and physicality would have helped in such tough surroundings on Saturday, but he proved more costly than most.

Aaron Lennon almost equalised for Burnley with 20 minutes left courtesy of his error down the right-hand side, but goalkeeper Ederson was alert to the danger and tipped it onto the post. It was a huge positive that he managed to get through the full game.