Two Man City players might change Pep Guardiola's mind with prolific U21 Euro form

It's been the Sergio Gomez show so far at the under-21 European Championships in Georgia and Romania so far, but Cole Palmer threatened to steal the limelight on Wednesday.

Palmer had played a watching brief until the semi-final for England, only playing the dead-rubber third group game from the start. He was called in for the last-four clash with Israel, and showed Lee Carsley why he should have been playing more often.

A goal sandwiched in between two smart assists saw Palmer prove his worth to England off both flanks in a comfortable 3-0 win, before Sergio Gomez added another goal to his collection at the tournament, moving to the top of the top scorer table ahead of the final.

Both Manchester City players have had frustrating seasons, struggling to get game time on the left. It is interesting, then, that both are impressing this summer in slightly different positions.

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Palmer cut inside from his favoured right wing to deliver a lovely deep cross for Morgan Gibbs-White to head in England's semi-final opener, before moving over to the left in the second half. He timed his back-post run perfectly to score the second, and his run to the byline in injury time saw him cut back for Cameron Archer to complete the win.

For City's academy, Palmer was most effective on that right side as he had the ability to come inside on his stronger left foot or drive down to the byline. For the senior team, though, he's had to wait for more opportunities on the left, and didn't start any of his games last season on the right. Interestingly, he was played as a central midfielder in the group win over Germany, but impressed when reverted to the wing against