The most prolific team in England has, at least temporarily, forgotten how to score.
One of the more curious themes to emerge from the opening quarter of the Premier League season has been the toothless attacking output of Manchester City, which has mustered only 10 goals from its first eight games and is 13th in the 20-team standings.
This is the same City that plundered 102 goals last season, finishing the leading scorer in England’s top division for the seventh time in the past 10 campaigns. The same City that has scored 303 goals across the past three seasons — 45 more than the next team on the list in that period, Liverpool.