Everything had conspired in favour of Mancini and Man City last night. The Premier League whiteout. Tevez's withdrawn transfer request. The crappiness of Everton. The Fleet Street subeditors had their headlines written: Man City Are Christmas Number One. And Man City somehow managed to lose. It's Man City's failure to master these small symbolic things that make it impossible to believe they will be anywhere beyond 5th at the end of the season.
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