Although he had a poor start to the season, the current Premier League Player of the Year excelled in Slovakia.

Tuesday’s 4-0 Champions League victory over Slovan Bratislava showed how brilliantly Manchester City was playing. The game’s standout players were Phil Foden, Rico Lewis, and Jeremy Doku, with the English attacking midfielder recording two goals and an assist.

Lewis impressed by providing lots of assistance and energy for City, while goals from James McAtee, Erling Haaland, and Belgian winger Doku caused chaos down on the right side were also among the scores.

After being briefly threatened by a counterattack by Bratislava, City quickly established their superiority and took the lead eight minutes in when Gundogan scored after a shot was blocked and was greatly assisted by a deflection. Less than ten minutes later, Doku, whose cross assisted in creating the first goal, was back at it when he got on the ball down the right side and found Foden to put it in the bottom corner.

City were flying and continued to test goalkeeper Dominik Takac, but the Slovakian side managed to keep the Premier League champions out until their defence handed a chance to Haaland just before the hour mark. The Norwegian striker had a quiet night generally, but he scored after Lewis’ ball freed up space in the Bratislava defence, and he finished well.

The English champions’ fourth goal came from a Foden chip to substitute McAtee, who rolled it in for his first senior goal.

Pep Guardiola’s men continued to carve up their opponents.

The Tehelne Pole players of City are rated by GOAL…

Goalkeeper & Defence

Stefan Ortega (5/10):

Bratislava’s two shots missed the target and he had little to do over the 90 minutes.

Rico Lewis (8/10):

sent Doku free down the right side with skill. fought for the ball, was helpful when it was in play, and created issues when he moved up the field. Additionally, set up Haaland with a nice pass.

Manuel Akanji (6/10):

Helped keep Bratislava’s attack quiet and was decent with the ball.

John Stones (7/10):

His passing was excellent and he was barely troubled defensively.

Josko Gvardiol (7/10):

Put in a lot of tackles and made some important interventions to keep the home team out

Midfield

Matheus Nunes (6/10):

Made some promising runs forward when he could and his passing was good.

Ilkay Gundogan (7/10):

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Was lucky to see his shot hit a defender and go in, but he put in a strong display and hit the woodwork.

Phil Foden (8/10):

All balls into the middle seemed to find him instead of Haaland as he always managed to get into space. Deserved his goal and got an assist.

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Attack

Jeremy Doku (8/10):

He was having a blast! With so much down the flank to take advantage of his pace, he was a continuous threat. Key scored the first two goals, hitting the woodwork himself and setting up other scoring opportunities.

Savinho (6/10):

Gave the hosts a lot of trouble down City’s left but created nothing substantial.

Erling Haaland (6/10):

Went through long spells without being involved, but pounced on some woeful defending to get his goal.

Subs & Manager

James McAtee (7/10):

Looked lively after replacing Haaland for the last 30 minutes and managed to get a goal.

Ruben Dias (5/10):

Didn’t have much to do with City cruising by the time he came on.

Jack Grealish (5/10):

Was unable to get much time on the ball in his 10 minutes or so on the field.

Kyle Walker (6/10):

Got involved down the right side and had a long-range shot saved.

Pep Guardiola (7/10):

Even if he may have thought his team should have scored more given their domination and 25 shots (13 on goal) during the course of the 90 minutes, he can’t really complain about anything else as City easily won.