It has been argued that this season Pep has tweaked City's formation so that Doku and Foden are playing inside with the width coming from the full backs in what has been called a Christmas Tree formation. I adapted an image from
https://www.premierleague.com/en/video/4485462/the-breakdown-why-phil-foden-is-unstoppable-again to show this.
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It has been very noticeable that Doku has playing further inside and Foden also seems to be playing inside as well, so I will accept that the so called Christmas Tree does reflect the mean positions of our players.
It seems to me likely that Cherki will now become a fixture on the right of our side but how do we do that without affecting the balance of the side?