Bristol boos for ridiculous Phil Foden see Man City roll back the years

Just as Pep Guardiola said Sergio Aguero will still be scoring goals as an old man, you wonder if the Catalan will see out his days watching anyone he can at the far post turning in a low cutback.

It has been the trademark Manchester City goal since the giddy days of the 2017/18 season, when Leroy Sane and Raheem Sterling destroyed defenders so regularly and comprehensively that a return to those days is called for whenever the Blues turn in a sluggish performance. Guardiola's team is far more about control now with the likes of Riyad Mahrez and Jack Grealish on the wings, but they showed at Bristol City that they are still capable of reproducing the greatest hits.

With just six minutes gone, Mahrez collected an aerial ball exquisitely on the right side before giving to Kevin De Bruyne and darting beyond the static defence into the box. Receiving it back again, he swung a right-footed cross across the six-yard box where Phil Foden was waiting to smash it into the net.

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It was simple, it was devastating, and it was exactly the sort of game that indicates a City team that is ticking. There have been enough false dawns in City's campaign not to get carried away, but they are ending the month unrecognisable from the lifeless, listless bunch that surrendered at Tottenham at the start of February.

Guardiola knows all too well how tricky lower league opposition can be, and a Bristol City side that were unbeaten in 12 caused them more problems than the likes of Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth have recently.

Mark Sykes, Sam Bell, and Alex Scott - the latter dubbed the Guernsey Grealish after modelling his game on the £100m man right down to how he wears his socks -