Phil Foden was selected as Manchester City's central attacker at Brighton to offer a specific countering quality to the hosts' man-to-man marking.
07.10.2021 - 23:31 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Manchester City are seven games into their title defence and they have a battle on their hands with Chelsea and Liverpool.
Sunday's clash with the Reds at Anfield highlighted a glaring weakness in City's ranks after their frustrations at signing a new striker in the summer.
Jack Grealish was taken off before City netted their goals in the 2-2 draw with Jurgen Klopp's men with the £100 million signing from Aston Villa starting through the middle.
Gabriel Jesus is City's sole senior striker and
Phil Foden was selected as Manchester City's central attacker at Brighton to offer a specific countering quality to the hosts' man-to-man marking.
Phil Foden knew immediately that he was going to claim Manchester City's third goal at Brighton as they produced a superb first-half display in their 4-1 Premier League win.
Phil Foden has been labelled as 'the best young player' on the planet by ecstatic Manchester City supporters.
Raheem Sterling has been told 'not too much damage' was done by 'honest' comments he made about his much-talked-about Manchester City future.
Manchester City and England football star Jack Grealish has paid tribute to a young woman who was killed following a horror crash in Liverpool this weekend.
Pep Guardiola could make four changes to his Manchester City side for the Champions League trip to Club Brugge on Tuesday.
Pep Guardiola says that Jack Grealish has already passed his first big Manchester City challenge, despite being rested for the first time at the weekend.
John Stones has been left out of Manchester City's squad to face Club Brugge in the Champions League for personal reasons, as Pep Guardiola took 18 players to Belgium on Monday.
Manchester City duo Ederson and Gabriel Jesus have flown straight from Brazil to Belgium in order to be ready for the Champions League fixture at Club Brugge on Tuesday.
Jack Grealish's agent has suggested Manchester City and Pep Guardiola are showing better judgement over his client than England manager Gareth Southgate.
Raheem Sterling can find comfort in the stories of Bernardo Silva, Aymeric Laporte and Gabriel Jesus' seasons so far as he seeks more game time at Manchester City.
Players always say they don’t care where they play as long as they get in the starting XI, but the central attacking role for Manchester City does not look like anyone’s favourite role right now.
Manchester City's Gabriel Jesus has described the attributes in his game that make him well-suited to playing on the wing for Pep Guardiola's side.
Gareth Southgate hinted that he doesn't trust Jack Grealish as much as Raheem Sterling or Harry Kane yet.
The decision to sub Manchester City star Jack Grealish off against Hungary was a questionable move from Gareth Southgate.
Supporters are bursting with pride after five Manchester City stars were chosen to start tonight's World Cup qualifier for England.
Manchester City will only accept a swap deal from Barcelona for England forward Raheem Sterling - according to reports.
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