It could be about how quickly a new signing is integrated, or at what point a young player is trusted by the more senior members of the squad with the ball, or simply who looks for who most.

Kevin De Bruyne believes Phil Foden will follow Erling Haaland into the Ten More Years ... know - maybe in four or five years he wants to make a change or have something different.

with Kevin De Bruyne and Phil Foden very much to the fore while Erling Haaland did not very much but score a goal. For the first time in a long time, then, this was City truly back in their happy ...