Pep Guardiola dream transfer exactly what Man City are missing in midfield - and he just proved it

Pep Guardiola is a paid-up member of the Dejan Kulusevski fan club, but seeing the Swede wrought untold damage at the Etihad on Saturday would have been little consolation to the Manchester City manager.

On the day Storm Bert caused havoc around Manchester, it was Storm Kulu who ripped through City. Guardiola loves watching the 24-year-old, and he was at his marauding best in Tottenham's 4-0 win, which condemned the Blues to a fifth successive defeat.

Kulusevski showed his pace, power and creativity to set up James Maddison's first goal and had a big hand in the fourth as well. His running power was a constant problem for City and he is thriving in a midfield role this season. How City could do with some of that energy in central areas.

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“Kulusevski, what a player," Guardiola said in January last year after City came from behind to beat Tottenham at the Etihad. He was impressed by him again in the recent Carabao Cup tie between the two sides, and when asked what he liked about him, he simply said, "Everything."

But Kulusevki loves playing against City as well. Speaking after Spurs' stunning win at the Etihad, when answering a question that suggested this result was beyond their wildest dreams, he revealed that this is the first fixture he looks for when they come out in June.

“I believe this because in the past years, we’ve come here and played really well. So this is the game I look forward to most in the year and once again, it happens," he said.

It's a simple analysis, but for large parts of the evening, City looked like a slow,