There's a hole in the neighbourhood, to paraphrase Elbow, down which Manchester's Champions League hopes have fallen with a mighty crash. One feels that Manchester City will be climbing out and moving on again before long, possibly even strengthened by the experience of group stage failure and ready to be more hard-nosed next time, though there is no way a team who took part in three of the past four European Cup finals can regard this setback as superficial.
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