Norwich City 3-2 Manchester City: 5 Talking Points

#3 Aguero and Sterling epitomise City's attacking frustrations

Sterling worked hard but ultimately without reward against a determined Norwich backline

Post-match, Pep Guardiola revealed that City's main issue was not the individual errors leading to goals they conceded but rather a lack of urgency in attack. While urgency was admittedly a problem, the Citizens created ample opportunities to beat Norwich here.

If you looked closely at Raheem Sterling, particularly in the first-half, you could see the forward was getting increasingly frustrated. His penetrative runs down the left-hand side were not being met with purposeful passes often enough, instead sideways and rather safe distribution was a common theme from the early exchanges.

Their patient build-up tactic was a little too laboured, allowing Norwich the chance to defensively regroup in numbers. That saw Norwich's confidence levels increase. Their players were buoyed by a vocal Carrow Road crowd aware City were, at the very least, there for the taking. Kevin de Bruyne on the bench, Sterling and Sergio Aguero seemingly isolated for large periods, their belief was justified.

Despite his best efforts, Raheem didn't score or assist for the second successive league game. In hindsight, he should have at least notched two assists and a goal. His excellent deliveries into Aguero went unrewarded, despite the Argentine making history - courtesy of Bernardo Silva - by becoming the first player to score in five consecutive top-flight matches. He's now level with Chelsea's Tammy Abraham (7) in the goalscoring charts but really should have more.

Sterling struck the woodwork with a leaping header in the first-half, saw a promising effort from distance fly past Tim Krul's far post before being thwarted by the experienced Dutchman late on. It wasn't to be his day, or that of Aguero - who scored one but could've had a hat-trick himself too.