Good performance against a decent Sevilla on a poor run of form. However as the saying goes, you can only beat what's in front of you.
I thought Akanji looked like he'd been at City for years. He tired towards the end, but not only was this his City debut, it was his first game of the season, PLUS he's a new Dad with a balling sprog. He had a calm assuredness which kept the defence calm whenever under pressure. Brilliant debut.
Gomez had a good game too & showed some excellent touches & was defensively sound in the main. He's young & still needs to get to know us better, but if he continues as he is, we may have gone some way to resolving our LB problem.
It was good to see Philips back. We need him as cover/competition for Rodri. Rodri's looked a little tired over the last 2 matches & Philips looked on it when he came on & looks more like the player we expected. Now we'll have the option of the double pivot in tougher games.
That was way better from Foden & Palmer did well & slotted in seamlessly when he came on.
A good first CL Group game of the season. Roll on Saturday...