Fernandinho

Fernandinho had a 45 minutes to forget but his match contribution did not end there as Manchester City won the game.

And in typical fashion, some of his final words were for the club and its fans. It didn't look like that would be the case when he was hooked at half-time and then Philippe Coutinho put Aston Villa 2-0 up with less than a third of the game to go. An injury picked up in that game seemed to have ruled him out of facing West Ham, only to recover like a man half his age.