Rico Lewis impact at Bournemouth summed up by Man City fan chant

Foden gives scary reminder

It feels like Phil Foden has barely had a kick this season, having been around the squad for ages. Bournemouth delivered a check to those narratives with the 22-year-old becoming the fourth-youngest player in the club's history to net 200 appearances.

It doesn't guarantee that he will start every game for the rest of the campaign, but is a handy reminder of the young-yet-experienced talent that the Blues are still to see the best of. If he can continue anything like this level of display, we will see a lot more of him over the rest of the campaign.

The goal was as clinical as he wasn't at Forest last week, pouncing on a Bournemouth error to take him to 10 for the season in all competitions and his first in the league since Brentford before the World Cup. And the trouble that his pace and directness gave the opposition all match was even more impressive.

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Even if Guardiola still doesn't think he has the patience required in some games, there are many, many matches that will suit.

Lewis earns fan acclaim

This was the first start for Rico Lewis since the 1-0 defeat to Tottenham at the beginning of the month. There, Spurs intercepted Rodri's pass for Lewis to score the only goal of the game and it also felt as though the home side were content with the rookie being in possession, banking that he wouldn't hurt them.

At the Vitality, there were more signs of the bolder Lewis that played so well at Elland Road in December as he was more assertive in all of his play. As well as making the right decisions that Guardiola likes, the aggression took Lewis's game up a notch.

It was crucial to the first goal, the