Get the City transfer window latest, team news, match updates and analysis delivered straight to your inbox A couple of days after a team has just stuck five past someone seems like an odd time to reiterate that they are still short of a goalscoring striker.
But Manchester City ’s 5-0 thrashing of Norwich was built on the principles that saw them to the Premier League title last season - fast passing, clinical approach work and goals shared around amongst the squad.
But even in that game, there were moments when a goalscorer would have benefited, and the opening-day defeat by Tottenham threw that necessity into even sharper relief.
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