Stockport-born ace put in a Man of the Match display with a brace, taking his tally to three goals in two matches since the restart, and was instrumental in the victory for Pep Guardiola's side.
By his own admission, it was his best performance to date wearing City colours and the hard work on the training pitch has proved to be beneficial. "We have a set-piece coach and we've been working really hard at short corners and defending as well, which you can see.
It's good when it comes off," he told Sky Sports."We worked on the set-piece, drawing the defenders out. I knew where I was going to play the pass, it's just about disguising it to give the player more time.
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