Raheem Sterling claimed a lucky late winner as Manchester City came from behind to restore their eight-point Premier League lead with a 2-1 win at Huddersfield.
Sterling was the beneficiary as the ball rebounded off him into the net six minutes from time to break the resistance of the determined Terriers at the John Smith’s Stadium.
Huddersfield had claimed the lead courtesy of a Nicolas Otamendi own goal just before the break but City responded with a Sergio Aguero penalty.
The visitors then went on to dominate the second period but appeared to be running out of ideas when Sterling accepted a late gift for his 12th goal of the season.
With the engrossing onfield action you may have overlooked the game’s finer points. Do not worry, Sportsmail brings you a round-up of all the things you may have missed from the clash at John Smith’s Stadium.
Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City battled hard to claim a 2-1 victory over Huddersfield
At the end of the double rainbow
It was rather fitting that on the weekend where the Premier League decided to show its support for LGBT equality campaign Stonewall with the rainbow laces campaign that a double rainbow would be spotted ahead of the last game.
Sportsmail snapper Ian Hodgson was at the John Smith’s Stadium to capture this charming scene.
A double rainbow appeared over the John Smith’s Stadium before kick off on Sunday afternoon
Timing is everything
Fans of tired cliches will know that the perfect time to score a goal is right before half-time. The thinking being that the conceding side goes into the break stewing on the goal. That did not really work out for Huddersfield. Although in real time the Terriers lead for 17min49secs, in game time their advantage lasted a paltry 1min2 secs.
Huddersfield led for just over a minute but there was 17 minutes between the goals
Eleven Terriers, half a Kyle Walker
In an age where the astronomical sums being shoved between Europe’s elite render transfer fees basically meaningless, value is non-existent. Still it is worth remembering that all that money is just to place eleven men on a field, it just so happens that the eleven men in blue and white cost roughly half of one of the men in black. Give or take an undisclosed fee for Jonathan Hogg, David Wagner’s first XI cost £27.05million, Kyle Walker cost £54million. However you slice it that is daft.
Kyle Walker tries to work out how he cost twice as much as the whole Huddersfield team
City in good at passing shock
No one who watched the game will be particularly surprised that City out-passed Huddersfield. Guardiola’s seide had 79.4 per cent possession and completed 642 passes. Huddersfield completed just 37 passes in the second half for a total of 94 over the whole game. Two City players, Nicolas Otamendi (114) and Fernandinho (97), made more successful passes on their own.
City midfielder Fernandinho (97) made more successful passes than the whole Terriers team
The second best dive of 2017
With City struggling to find a way through the Huddersfield back line Fernandinho attempted to take the nefarious route with a cynical dive on the edge of the opponent’s box and earned himself a booking. The Brazilian’s frog splash was so comical it skipped over angering and straight into amusing.
Still, it has some way to top Liv’s pool-bound spring on Love Island. Correct, this is just an excuse to dig out that video.
The Brazilian also made a bid for ‘Dive of 2017’, he remains some way short of top spot