Read our Privacy noticeThe days when Pep Guardiola’s rivalry with Jose Mourinho was toxic are long gone. A grateful Guardiola, who cursed his old enemy in the past, said he would send the Portuguese a message to thank him. The manner of it bemused the City team, by then watching in the dressing room, waiting as their fate was determined. City entered the top eight inside eight minutes and without scoring and went two ahead inside half an hour. With Rodri suspended, Nico O’Reilly deputised, drew a fine save with a thunderbolt and provided a comparison with City’s Champions League-winning skipper.