Players always say they don’t care where they play as long as they get in the starting XI, but the central attacking role for Manchester City does not look like anyone’s favourite role right now.
Some, like Bernardo Silva and Phil Foden, have done their best and sacrificed their normal game for the team when asked to play there, while Jack Grealish looked, at Anfield, like a player trying to convince the manager not to pick him there again.
With Gabriel Jesus and Ferran Torres unavailable, Raheem Sterling could sip from the poison chalice this time. Sterling played the role against Paris Saint-Germain and missed a great chance, but Guardiola has reiterated that he feels the England man can play the role.
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