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Jack Grealish and Nathan Ake have just told two Man City signings how to change Pep Guardiola's mind

Erling Haaland has ripped up the record book this season and also emphatically proved wrong a few misconceptions about Manchester City.

Of course, City can play with a number nine, and are better with Haaland in the side. Those two notions were never really in doubt, but have been used as a curious stick to beat him with. In truth, anyone suggesting Haaland is making City worse or is at the wrong club clearly hasn't seen them play this season.

Maybe the only trend he's successfully bucked is making such a significant impact so soon in his City career. He only needs to look around the team for players who needed time to adapt, when it took Haaland all of one Community Shield outing. In that respect, Haaland is a significant outlier in a group of similar cases.

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Of the City regulars this season, almost all can admit they needed around a season to fully adapt to Pep Guardiola's demands. Riyad Mahrez, Bernardo Silva, Rodri, Aymeric Laporte, Jack Grealish and Nathan Ake all struggled initially when they first signed. Phil Foden was given as much time as he needed to get ready for first-team football under Guardiola, while the likes of John Stones, Kyle Walker and even Kevin De Bruyne have had to re-adapt their game at times to the manager's demands.

Even Sergio Aguero - a candidate for City's greatest-ever player - had to re-learn and mould his game to Guardiola rather than vice-versa. Haaland hasn't needed to do that.

But the flip side of Haaland's brilliance is that many players have to be given the time to adapt to their new surroundings, new expectations, and a manager like no other. Grealish has started 13 of City's last

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