Time for another roundup of what City's loanees were able to do over the weekend.
Patrick Roberts came on in the last few minutes of Norwich City's 0-2 away defeat to Burnley. Jack Harrison started and played the first 58 minutes of Leeds' 1-1 draw with Derby County in the Championship. Luke Bolton started for Luton Town in their 0-3 home loss to Hull, with Bolton playing 76 minutes at right back before coming off. Matthew Smith was an unused substitute for QPR's 2-1 win at Millwall while Aro Muic was left on the bench with manager Sabri Lamouchi again preferring Brice Samba in goal for Forest's 1-0 win over Barnsley. Tosin Adarabioyo was not in the matchday squad for Blackburn Rovers' 2-1 win at Reading.
Zack Steffen got another start for Fortuna Dusseldorf in the Bundesliga, and despite losing 2-1 away to Borussia Monchengladbach, Steffen was very impressive recording nine saves in the loss. In La Liga action, Pedro Porro played the full 90 for Real Valladolid as they fell to defeat away at Villarreal. Yangel Herrera started and played the first 83 minutes as Granada pulled off a surprise 2-0 win at home to Barcelona. Through five matchdays, the Andalusian side sit third in the table behind only Athletic Bilbao and Real Madrid. Thierry Ambrose came on as a substitute for Metz and played the final half hour of their 1-2 home loss to Amiens in Ligue 1, while Marlos Moreno got a start for Portimonense in their 0-0 draw to Vitoria de Setubal before being subbed off in the 71st minute.
In the Eredivisie, Joel Latibeaudiere was an unused substitute for Twente on Friday in their 2-3 home loss to Heracles while Ko Itakura started and played the full 90, picking up a clean sheet in Groningen's 2-0 home win over PEC Zwolle. In Holland's second tier, three of City's loanees were in action over the weekend. Felix Correira came on for the final half hour of Jong AZ Alkmaar's away defeat to Almere City, while both Ilic brothers started for NAC Breda in their 2-1 home win over Excelsior. Luka played the full 90 and Ivan both picked up a yellow and scored the opener for the home side before being subbed off in the 77th minute. Aminu Mohammed was not in Dordrecht's matchday squad for their 2-0 win over NEC Nijmegen.
In the Italian Serie B, Paolo Fernandes missed out on the starting XI but came on in the 70th minue as Perugia came back to draw 2-2 at Spezia. Erik Palmer-Brown started and played the full 90, picking up a clean sheet in the process of Austria Wien's 2-0 home win over Altach in the Austrian Bundesliga. In the Jupiler Pro League, Thomas Agyepong's Waasland-Beveren hosted Aleix Garcia's Royal Excel Mouscron, with Garcia scoring the lone goal for the away side while Agyepong came on for the final twenty-five minutes in the 1-1 draw. Garcia now has two goals in two starts for REM. Philippe Sandler started in defense for Anderlecht and picked up a yellow card as their early season struggles continued with the away side losing yet again, this time at Club Brugge. Ante Palaversa still isn't fit and wasn't in the matchday squad for Oostende.
Ryotara Meshino started and played the full 90 in Hearts' 2-1 away win over Hibernian and Daniel Arzani made his first step back from injury with the Australian playing for Celtic's reserves in a rehab match. In the States, Uriel Antuna started yet again for the LA Galaxy with the Mexican international assisting Zlatan Ibrahimivoic for the first goal and scoring the winner in their 2-1 victory over Monteal Impact.
Quite a few of City's loanees will be in action for midweek games in the coming days, with a breakdown of those below:
Monday
Lukas Nmecha - vs Hoffenheim (Bundesliga)
Claudio Gomes - vs Cambuur (Eerste Divisie)
Ernest Agyiri - vs APOEL (Cypriot 1st Division)
Tuesday
Pedro Porro - vs Granada (La Liga)
Yangel Herrera - at Real Valladolid (La Liga)
Luke Boton - vs Leicester City (Carabao Cup)
Aro Muric - at Arsenal (Carabao Cup)
Paolo Fernandes - vs Frosinone (Serie B)
Wednesday
Thierry Ambrose - at Saint-Etienne (Ligue 1)
Ko Itakura - at PSV Eindhoven (Eredivisie)
Mix Diskerud - at Suwon Bluewings (K-League)
Uriel Antuna - at Real Salt Lake (MLS)
Here's a video highlighting Zack Steffen's impressive performance in defeat for Fortuna Dusseldorf: