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Sergio Gomez shows Man City have solved near-impossible Zinchenko problem

Manchester City were 3-0 up against Manchester United as Sunday's derby entered the 41st minute, but when Kyle Walker signalled to the bench that he needed to be replaced you could almost hear the collective groan ripple around the Etihad Stadium.

The party atmosphere remained - not even an injury to a key player could dampen spirits - but Walker's injury did put a slight downer on an otherwise remarkable afternoon.

Walker was replaced by Sergio Gomez, who slotted in at left-back to allow Joao Cancelo to deputise for Walker on the right. The switch did little to disrupt City's rhythm, as Phil Foden scored City's fourth moments later before both he and Erling Haaland completed their hat-tricks in the second half.

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While Gomez will no-doubt face tougher opponents over the course of his City career, he enjoyed another impressive outing that showed just why City decided to sign him after their move for Brighton's Marc Cucurella.

It took just £11m (plus add-ons) for City to prise the young Spaniard away from Belgian side Anderlecht, but already it looks like the Blues have achieved something that seemed impossible: replacing Oleksandr Zinchenko.

Replacing the Ukrainian - who was sold to Arsenal for £32m - did not pose a challenge because he was better than any other left-back around. Zinchenko was very good - particularly from a technical perspective - but his USP was his ability to play with the same technical brilliance and selfless, warrior attitude in practically any position on the pitch.

Versatile 'utility' players are hard enough to come by in elite football, never mind ones who possess the quality

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