The 75th minute at the Etihad didn't feel like a football match. It felt like a war zone where the laws of physics had been replaced by the laws of Pep Guardiola's desperation!
Jeremy Doku, Manchester City's substitute winger, wasn't a human being. He was a fidget spinner made of muscle and speed.
He received the ball on the left. Kaito Tanaka, whose Titanium Hamstrings were currently vibrating with the force of a thousand sprints, stepped up.
Doku feinted left. Kaito stayed. Doku feinted right. Kaito stayed.
Then Doku disappeared.
"Fuck!" Michael Sterling screamed, his A-Grade Voice Projection causing a steward to drop his pie.
Doku had actually teleported (or just ran really fast) to the byline. He cut the ball back.
Julian Alvarez was there. The World Cup winner wound up to shoot.
"BLOCK IT!"
Vladimir Petrovic didn't use his feet. He threw his entire 6'4" frame onto the wet grass like a falling tree.
THUD.
