Burnley 1-4 Manchester City: 3 Talking Points | Premier League 2019-20

Burnley FC v Manchester City - Premier League
Burnley FC v Manchester City - Premier League

2. Clean sheets still at a premium for Manchester City

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Manchester City v Chelsea FC - Premier League

Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson Moraes kept 20 clean sheets last season, narrowly missing out on the Golden Glove award to Alisson Becker and the season before that, he had 16 shutouts as the Cityzens thumped all before them to become league champions.

However, the current campaign has been a different story and an injury to Aymeric Laporte at the end of the summer means that Manchester City have not looked as assured at the back as they have in recent years.

Coming into the fixture with Burnley, the Cityzens had kept just five clean sheets from their opening 14 games and this was rather disappointing compared to the standards set over the last two campaigns.

With just one minute left in normal time, Ederson would have felt that he was on course to register his sixth league clean sheet of the season but a momentary lapse in concentration by the City defenders in the immediate aftermath of Mahrez' goal put paid to that thought.

His distress when the ball went past him into the net was evident for all to see and while the goals might still be flowing at the other end, City's inability to shut out even the lowliest of opposition would be a cause of concern for Guardiola.

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