Frank Lampard takes his newly promoted Coventry City to the Emirates two weeks today for the Friday night curtain-raiser. The closest a modern manager has come to achieving that was Pep Guardiola, whose decade at Manchester City, will probably never be repeated. Other reasons for City fans to be nervous are the 115 charges (since bumped up to 130) still facing the club. It hasn’t stopped City spending, although they haven’t done so since agreeing a £116m deal to bring Elliot Anderson from Nottingham Forest. City also face uncertainty over skipper Rodri, who was back to his best for Spain in the World Cup, only to need back surgery.