Pep Guardiola can be the scourge of the centre-forward, the pioneer who threatens to render them an endangered species. So how better to celebrate signing the world’s most coveted young striker than by presenting an argument that he doesn’t really need him?
Just the second player to score four goals in a Premier League game this season was a Manchester City midfielder, Kevin de Bruyne. Wolves, who had one of the best defensive records in Europe a few weeks ago, conceded five.
