Manchester City: Player ratings after Potters pummeling

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 14: Raheem Sterling of Manchester City scores his sides second goal as Erik Pieters of Stoke City attempts to clear off the line during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Stoke City at Etihad Stadium on October 14, 2017 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 14: Raheem Sterling of Manchester City scores his sides second goal as Erik Pieters of Stoke City attempts to clear off the line during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Stoke City at Etihad Stadium on October 14, 2017 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)
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Toure – 5

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 14: Yaya Toure of Manchester City beats Darren Fletcher of Stoke City during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Stoke City at Etihad Stadium on October 14, 2017 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 14: Yaya Toure of Manchester City beats Darren Fletcher of Stoke City during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Stoke City at Etihad Stadium on October 14, 2017 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

By the time the Ivorian came on, the game was done. Bernardo had scored City’s 7th and so it was just a case of running down the clock.

Stoke were certainly not going to get back into the game at this point. Mentally they were probably already on the bus, certainly thoughts on not conceding more.

Toure is great to have come off the bench but I don’t see much more for him than that role this season in the major competitions.