Again few seem to forget BS only played a handfull of games for us so far, still getting used to life in England and at City with new teammates, a new manager, new style(s) of play etc. I think his start and the minutes he played so far has been really good. His role in the team so far are various and none compared to what he was used to at Monaco. Pep likes to give mainly the versatile players a role that differs depending on the opponent and the various systems that he plays during matches. You simply can't say a player is an 8, or a 10 other than his position in the starting line-up on paper.
Btw, yesterday playing for Portugal it was obvious again what a great player we have in BS. I can understand why Ronaldo thinks BS is the best Portugese player he has ever played with.