If Manchester City were feeling at all sluggish after the mid-season break, the frenetic start to Saturday’s 4-1 FA Cup fourth-round win against Fulham certainly blew away the cobwebs.
Liverpool target Fabio Carvalho possibly gave us a glimpse of future title races when he stole in to convert Harry Wilson’s fourth-minute cross.
An outside-of-the-foot pass from Joao Cancelo, a penetrating dribble from Phil Foden, Riyad Mahrez cutting onto his trusty left foot and Ilkay Gundogan arriving into the box to finish coolly were all very familiar elements as the Blues found a swift response.
