I've said it before, but I really wouldn't care less if we sold Alli. He's a great player, on his day, but he has an attitude problem which continually gets in the way of his ability. Increasingly, of late, that attitude has been all too present, and we've seen less and less of his true ability.
Poch is going to have to bench him a few more times.
That said, let's not run away with ourselves, here. If we put that same performance in against Burnley, I will be even more critical of the team. My feeling is that we won't. City is the stand-out side this season, and probably in the kind of form that we haven't seen from teams since the days of United under Fergie at his best. To lose to City is no big deal, because every team has, so far, this season.
What I want to see from Poch and the lads, following this mauling, is that we learn something from it, and use it to make us stronger, moving forward.