Listen to Pep Guardiola and the Manchester City manager will constantly mutter the same tune, reminding us that, for him, it is all about being there. There in the thick of the Premier League title race, there in contention for a place in the Champions League quarter-finals and now in the last eight of the FA Cup.
Here, in the West Country, Guardiola’s side had to do more than rely on muscle memory to earn victory but Phil Foden, a nerveless finisher, capped slick moves in both halves before a magnificent strike by Kevin De Bruyne sealed passage into the next round.
