Haaland, Phillips, Grealish - Man City winners and losers from October international break

Pep Guardiola will be delighted that none of his Manchester City players have picked up injuries during the October international break - the main thing he asks of his players when they leave for national team duty.

Last month, Mateo Kovacic came back with a back issue, but this month it seems that nobody will add to a City injury list that is finally empty aside from long-term absentee Kevin De Bruyne (and even De Bruyne is recovering well). A number of City's international stars featured for their countries this week, with some securing their places at next summer's Euro 2024 tournament in Germany.

Ruben Dias, Bernardo Silva and loanee Joao Cancelo will be in Germany with Portugal, while City's five England stars will join them after beating Italy on Wednesday. De Bruyne and Jeremy Doku have qualified with Belgium, while Rodri has also helped Spain book their place at the tournament. As well as qualification, this week saw Oscar Bobb continue his rise with a debut off the bench for Norway, before a first start for his national team against Spain.

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Manu Akanji scored as Switzerland drew with Belarus to keep on track for Euro 2024 qualification, although their scheduled clash with Israel was postponed until next month given events in Israel.

While some players impressed, others had more frustrating international breaks, so we've compiled three winners and three losers from the City squad from the last fortnight away from the Etihad:

Rodri

Not only has Rodri helped Spain qualify for Euro 2024, he did so by beating Erling Haaland's Norway - even