City's midfield of the future
Just like against Chelsea last week, Pep Guardiola named a second-string Manchester City midfield, with injury problems meaning there were a few square pegs in round holes. While Phil Foden impressed from the centre against Chelsea, he was given a chance to impress on the left and Cole Palmer was the attacking midfielder at Brentford.
With Rico Lewis seamlessly slotting into midfield again and Kalvin Phillips getting better and better, this was a very English midfield. Foden has long been touted as a future central midfielder, while Lewis has shown in his debut season that he clearly has the tactical and technical ability to play centrally for Guardiola.
