da betway: It was the season of dreams for Pep Guardiola's side, but who were the best performers in their record-breaking campaign?
da pinnacle: Manchester City have completed football this season. Pep Guardiola's side have won every trophy that matters and they have destroyed most of their opponents in the process. Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal have all been subjected to brutal beatings by City this season, and not even Europe's most prestigious clubs have been spared the wrath of the boys in blue, who beat Real Madrid 4-0 and Bayern Munich 3-0.
Guardiola has been the architect of this all-conquering season, but he has been blessed by a host of incredible individual performances, taking City to yet another Premier League title, the FA Cup without conceding a goal in open play and the one they craved the most, the Champions League.
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Getty22Kalvin Phillips – 3/10
Signing Phillips after he had missed four months with a muscle tear was always a risk, and his transfer from Leeds, for £42 million, has been a real disappointment. He started only two Premier League games, both of which were after City had wrapped up the title, and played only 38 minutes of Champions League football.
He has suffered two shoulder injuries, but overall Guardiola has not been convinced by him, remarking in December that he was "overweight" after returning from the World Cup. He is unlikely to remain at the club beyond the summer, and his failure to integrate into the team has been one of very few marks against City's otherwise incredible campaign.
AdvertisementGetty Images21Sergio Gomez – 3/10
The Spaniard has just not adapted to his new club and has rarely managed to convince Guardiola he is worthy of a place in his team, even from the bench. His only Premier League starts came after the title had been wrapped up, while he was only given two starts in the FA Cup, even when Guardiola rotated his squad.
He has been out of tune with his team-mates, and in the Carabao Cup defeat at Southampton – City's worst performance of the campaign – he was hooked at half-time.
Getty Images20Aymeric Laporte – 4/10
Laporte was consigned to the fringes of the team for most of the campaign after the arrival of Manuel Akanji and the rise of Nathan Ake. When he was given a rare starting berth, City often did badly, losing twice to Brentford, exiting the Carabao Cup to Southampton and drawing 1-1 at Nottingham Forest.
Guardiola was ruthless with the Spain international after the draw at the City Ground and did not start him in another league game for two months. They still won every game in between, which says everything about his status in the squad. He is almost certainly set to leave City in the summer.
Getty Images19Joao Cancelo – 4/10
The Portuguese made a solid start to the season after starring in the previous campaign. He contributed four assists and two goals in the first three months, but everything started to go downhill after he was sent off in the 26th minute against Fulham.
City battled on to win that match with 10 men, and Guardiola started to wonder if his side could work better as a team without Cancelo. The player reacted very badly to being left out of the team after the World Cup and, according to one report, wore headphones during one of Guardiola's team talks.
He was soon shipped off on loan to Bayern Munich and City barely missed him. Indeed, with Ake and occasionally Akanji as inside full-backs, they have looked much stronger.