Guardiola’s ruthless machine hand old favourite Kompany a harsh lesson | FA Cup

Manchester City had won the previous 10 matches against Burnley with an aggregate score of 34-1. All of those games took place against sides managed by Sean Dyche, a very different style of team to the one created by Vincent Kompany but, six goals later, some things never change. The Belgian has turned the Clarets from a dour but efficient team to being exciting and free-wheeling but the reality of what he faces next season became apparent on Saturday night.

Promotion is essentially guaranteed, it would take an almighty demise to give up their 16-point lead on third with a game in hand in…

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