John Stones has admitted his new auxiliary midfield role at Manchester City has been a 'big learning curve.'
After the likes of Joao Cancelo, Bernardo Silva and Rico Lewis operated in the inverted full-back position already this season, Stones has become the latest to be tasked with the difficult job by Pep Guardiola. However, the defender is succeeding with flying colours and played it - despite there being a further tweak of moving from centre-back into the middle rather than right-back - perfectly in Tuesday's thrilling win over Bayern Munich.
City put the Bundesliga champions to the sword by winning 3-0 in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final thanks to goals from Rodri, Bernardo and Erling Haaland. Stones set up the third goal with a towering and perfectly placed header into the Norwegian sensation's path and after the game discussed what skills he's had to develop in his new role.
