the middle CB especially - Coady and then Vest - were trying to pull the Northampton team out of position by standing with the ball.
Like what De Zerbi's Brighton do and what Pep thinks makes them unreal - Pep, Maresca and the rest of the Man City backroom have obviously been watching that and trying to implement it a bit.
Holding the ball until a player gets 4/5 ft away and then passing it around them.
Also noticed in the second half that N'didi was playing the De Bruyne role a bit - kept running beyond the Northants right back into that channel like KDB does - only issue is Wilf doesn't have the pass on him/ anyone to pull it back to.
Was an alright game - the fact that Cobblers were not interested in pressing for the ball made for some very boring passages of the game!