Pep Guardiola’s next transfer priority crystal clear as Man City avoid FA Cup humbling Sit him down, give him a pen, hand him a new contract and don’t let him leave the room until he’s signed it.
Gonzalez, a £50 million component of City’s £175m January window trolley dash, was injured as City coughed up possession and retired hurt 20 minutes into his debut.
Jack Grealish spent much off the afternoon turning back into traffic and running up dead ends, but his superb ball through the inside left channel found De Bruyne breaking the thin red line and he teased a neat, dinked finish beyond the gallant Keeley.
City messiah Guardiola made eight changes but still put out a strong side, including new singings Omar Marmoush, Vitor Reis and Nico Gonzalez.
And in cor blimey country, City should have made life easier for themselves inside 10 minutes as Ilkay Gundogan shovelled a simple chance wide from eight yards from Savinho’s bobbling cross.
