Pep Guardiola suggested he could continue with Jack Grealish in the middle after an encouraging display against Nottingham Forest.
Grealish went into midfield when he came off the bench at Anfield on Sunday and started there at the Etihad on Wednesday, just a few days after former City keeper Shay Given had slammed Guardiola for 'turning Grealish into a mannequin' by 'playing him out of position' on the wing.
While he wasn't directly involved in any of the goals or assists on the night, it was a promising performance from the former Villa man as he looks to rediscover the form that made him undroppable two years ago as City won the Treble.
City's midfield has struggled this season with Rodri out for the whole campaign and Mateo Kovacic and Kevin De Bruyne also missing significant chunks of the campaign.
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