It’s nice to win a trophy, but it sounds like that win cost a lot more than it was worth. City might have lost the only player it absolutely couldn’t afford to lose under any circumstances—Fernandinho. The rumor is he will be out for at least a few weeks. If true, I expect City will very quickly drop out of the remaining competitions.

The second person out of the cannon would be Jorginho.

might nevertheless cost City a few trophies, as he was supposed to be Fernandinho’s backup.

I was amazed that Sarri changed it up. He's been so damned stubborn about his lineups and tactics, it was sort of refreshing to see him change them up substantially.