Get the biggest City stories, analysis and transfer updates delivered straight to your inbox There was a hint of tiredness to Carlos Vicens as he picked up the phone on the bus back from Leyland where his Under-18s side had just clinched the Premier League Northern title.
Playing a Burnley side at any level can do that, and if the 75-minute wait for the decisive goal wasn't energy-sapping enough the young Blues had to cope with a torrential downpour followed by an injury-time siege that saw the opposition goalkeeper in their box as the hosts pressed for a late, late equaliser that would have instead crowned Manchester United.
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