Manchester city's Algerian wing wizard, Riyad Mahrez started his sixth successive game for the first time since moving to the Etihad from the king power stadium in a deal reported to be in the region of £60M in 2018.

The African never seems destined to hit the heights he got during the foxes title wining campaign but this year has been a total turnaround for him. He has been playing more given his consistency and the quality of his play making his a mainstay for city this year.

Sundays lost to neighbors United ended city's run of 21 consecutive wins in all competitions and Mahrez played a key role to ensure that they defeated Southampton on Tuesday to move 14 points clear at the top of the table to make sure the damage on the Manchester derby was cut off.

Mahrez scored twice and helped in creating another to help city win 5-2 at the Etihad. It was his seventh league contribution in six games 4 goals and 3 assist. His now importance to the team meant that he was taken off in the half hour mark to preserve him for the weekend and ahead of the champions League.