Manchester City failed to close the gap on Chelsea on Saturday, stuttering to a 1-0 loss to relegation threatened Burnly at Turf Moor.
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The result means the reigning Premier League champions will have to look over their shoulder with Arsenal now just one point behind the second placed side after their 3-0 win over West Ham earlier on Saturday.
Here’s how we rated City’s squad for this shock loss:
GK: Joe Hart – 6
Hardly had anything to do all game and can hardly be blamed for Boyd’s laser-like shot blasted into the bottom corner.
RB: Pablo Zabaleta – 5
Dealt with Barnes down the City right but failed to find any support in the box on his occasional forays down field.
CB: Vincent Kompany – 4
Back in the squad after being dropped last time out but it certainly hasn’t changed his misfortune with his poor header the lead to Boyd’s winner.
CB: Martin Demichelis – 5
Had a better game than Kompany, managing to keep both Vokes and Ings at bay.
LB: Gael Clichy – 5
Kept Boyd quiet when the Burnley man attacked down the flanks but provided no real threat from a wide position.
RM: Jesus Navas – 5
Got forward enough times but like so many from wide positions for City today, he failed to find his man when hitting into the box.
CM: Yaya Toure – 4
It’s no surprise with Toure being so poor that City struggled, he sat deep and tried to pass his way through Burnley but really struggled to impose himself on the game.
CM: Fernandinho – 7
Surprisingly the more aggressive in attack of City’s central two today and managed to turnover play a number of times pressing high up the field.
LM: David Silva – 4
Could have been clean through on the Burnley goal in the second half but was let down by a poor touch, generally anonymous and hardly involved.
ST: Edin Dzeko – 3
Dzeko was the first to be replaced by Pellegrini once City went 1-0 down with the Bosnian striker missing a host of chances in both the first and second half for the Champions.
ST: Sergio Aguero – 5
A poor game overall for Aguero who hardly tested the Burnley keeper, he headed over late on when he could have got City back in it.