Manchester City toyed with the prey at the Etihad. They did not humiliate them with an avalanche of goals. They restricted themselves to four. They did not tear them to pieces.
They just played with them like a cat who has a mouse it cannot be bothered to kill. They made intricate patterns and with their passes and their movement and they kept the ball for minutes at a time, making Bournemouth chase and sweat and harry, all in vain.
They did not move out of first gear. They did not need to.
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