Sometimes though, good moves only become apparent in the long-run. Mahrez has blistered the soles of left-backs this season, becoming more than just a featured artist on a best-selling concert tour. This is the Riyad Mahrez we all knew and loved from Leicester—from the Arjen Robben–like runs to the angle-defying finishes, perhaps best summed up with his virtuoso solo goal against Aston Villa.
The winger is now integral to Man City, because he provides chaos. And at times over the last couple of years, this Man City side has lacked chaos—not the bad kind—but the game-changing genius of someone to conjure the unthinkable. Like Lionel Messi did for Pep at Barcelona. Like Robben, himself, in Bavaria. Like Kevin De Bruyne can do, should he be used out wide.
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