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Player Ratings: Man City vs Steaua Bucharest

By Liam Kennerley

Manchester City's players celebrate victory after the UEFA Champions league first leg play-off football match between Steaua Bucharest and Manchester City at the National Arena stadium in Bucharest on August 16, 2016. / AFP / DANIEL MIHAILESCU (Photo credit should read DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP/Getty Images)
Manchester City's players celebrate victory after the UEFA Champions league first leg play-off football match between Steaua Bucharest and Manchester City at the National Arena stadium in Bucharest on August 16, 2016. / AFP / DANIEL MIHAILESCU (Photo credit should read DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP/Getty Images) /
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Manchester City’s players celebrate victory after the UEFA Champions league first leg play-off football match between Steaua Bucharest and Manchester City at the National Arena stadium in Bucharest on August 16, 2016. / AFP / DANIEL MIHAILESCU (Photo credit should read DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP/Getty Images)
Manchester City’s players celebrate victory after the UEFA Champions league first leg play-off football match between Steaua Bucharest and Manchester City at the National Arena stadium in Bucharest on August 16, 2016. / AFP / DANIEL MIHAILESCU (Photo credit should read DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP/Getty Images) /

Last night saw the first Man City Champions League challenge presented to Pep Guardiola. The performance was a convincing one, and probably put a lot of City fans’ minds at rest after Saturday’s somewhat disjointed performance against Sunderland. Pep’s philosophy seems to be taking shape within the City ranks and it is fantastic to watch. Some of the interplay between City’s front five was immaculate at some points in the game and the scoreline showed when City slotted five unanswered goals past the Steaua keeper, who happened to be their Man of the Match. 

We take a look at City’s top performers and who scored what. There were a few sevens and eighths, and two standout performers from last night’s game against Steaua Bucharest.

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – AUGUST 13: A dejected looking goalkeeper Wilfredo Caballero of Manchester City after Sunderland equalised to make it 1-1 during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Sunderland at Etihad Stadium on August 13, 2016 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Matthew Ashton – AMA/Getty Images)
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – AUGUST 13: A dejected looking goalkeeper Wilfredo Caballero of Manchester City after Sunderland equalised to make it 1-1 during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Sunderland at Etihad Stadium on August 13, 2016 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Matthew Ashton – AMA/Getty Images) /

Willy Caballero

Solid performance – not much to challenge him in the game however when called upon he did the job. His selection has come under scrutiny, pushing Joe Hart out of the number one spot, however so far he has done nothing to suggest Pep has made the wrong decision. His distribution was also much better than that of Saturday’s game against Sunderland.

7/10

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