'Mistakes were punished' in 'breathtaking' game

Although Sunderland's players trudged off the Etihad Stadium pitch with zero points to add to their league total, they had arguably helped produce the game of the season so far. BBC Radio Newcastle's Sunderland commentator Nick Barnes said: "We witnessed a classic. Breathtaking. Breathless. You couldn't take your eye off this game." Meanwhile, former Black Cats defender Gary Bennett described Manchester City's 5-3 victory as "a great advert for the Premier League" and "two teams going at it with quality football". He added: "We know where we have gone wrong. Mistakes were punished - simple as that. Going forward, we have caused them problems and that's the encouraging thing. "Last week, we gave Arsenal a game and we gave Manchester City a game. If we perform like this and cut the mistakes out, we won't be far wrong. We have come away with a lot of positives." One of those positives was Brian Brobbey's hat-trick, which moved him into joint third on the Premier League's top-scorers list. Only City's Erling Haaland (five) and Liverpool's Alexander Isak (four) have scored more in the top flight this season. Hit play above to hear more post-match analysis or listen on BBC Sounds here