For all their achievements and bursts of quality, age, recurring mistakes and fragility are simply what City are these days

There have perhaps been more spectacular turnarounds, like the 3-0 against Feyenoord that became a 3-3 draw in the final quarter-of-an-hour, or the 1-0 lead against Manchester United with two minutes to play that turned into a derby defeat.

Manchester City once again beat themselves at the Etihad Stadium tonight against Real Madrid to lose 3-2. They inexplicably threw away a 2-1 lead in the latter stages of their Champions League