Get the City transfer window latest, team news, match updates and analysis delivered straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola said that a new striker this season would not have helped Manchester City beat Southampton.
The Blues made it a priority to sign a marquee centre-forward in the transfer window but interest to varying degrees in Erling Haaland, Harry Kane and Cristiano Ronaldo never amounted to a deal.
With Gabriel Jesus preferring to play wide and Sergio Aguero leaving on a free transfer, City went into this season with two fewer strikers than previously.
Raheem Sterling reprised his role up front against Southampton with Ferran Torres rested but the England international was starved of service as Southampton limited the home team to
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