Riyad Mahrez’s early goal enough for Manchester City to see off Spurs

It was difficult to reconcile the intrinsic weirdness of this occasion. Wembley yawned with empty seats; the pitch looked like a pudding – a legacy of the NFL game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday – and, for long spells, there was a strange lack of intensity.

Tottenham continued to look disjointed, pockmarking their play with errors, and Mauricio Pochettino, who had said beforehand that he had never felt unhappier at the club, cut a frustrated figure on the touchline.

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