I DON’T want to be seen to whinge too much. And I’m still not convinced we’d have got a win at the Etihad on Saturday. But you do have to wonder if things could have been different in East Manchester if a couple of key decisions had gone our way.

Sean Dyche was quite-rightly flummoxed by the performances of Jon Moss and his assistants, and watching Match of the Day on Saturday night confirmed what I thought at the time.

Firstly, Manchester City probably should have had two men sent off.

The challenge from Vincent Kompany on Aaron Lennon in the first minute looked rash and clumsy in real time and is even worse when you see the replays and the still images.

The City captain’s tackle is high and had it been further into the game then Moss may have had the courage to dish out at a red card.

Worse still, though, is the foul by Leroy Sane on Matt Lowton. There’s absolutely no attempt to play the ball and had it been the other way around, I am sure Pep Guardiola would have been furious that only a caution was issued.

Even more unforgivable than all that though is the farce of the second goal.

Having ended the first half well enough the key is to ride out the first 15-20 minutes of the second period. Instead, the officials handed City the all-important second goal on a plate.

It was nothing short of a comedy of errors.

The linesman has since admitted he switched off but we can’t allow these things to keep happening.

The third came about as we were still unsettled by the second and then City really clicked into gear.

Credit to the Champions though, they’re a real pleasure to watch – the fluidity in their play is an absolute joy.

But with decisions like we got, we never stood a chance of an upset