Riyad Mahrez has, of late, has been the form player in the Manchester City squad, scoring five goals in his last five appearances. Alongside this he is playing with a higher intensity and his skill and dribbling ability allows him to beat any defender.
He has accumulated minutes since the return of the Premier League post-World Cup, playing three 90-minute matches, which he had only done once all season in a 4-0 victory at home to Bournemouth in match week 2.
Since arriving at City in 2018 Mahrez has been a consistently high performer, but after a slow start for him at the start of this Premier League season he now seems to have taken his performances to the next level. The World Cup break is arguably what Mahrez needed to allow him to focus on his own training to help him re-discover form of previous years.
