Cavani is the real deal in an era of the false nine

It feels like the triumph of the revolutionaries. Manchester City are set to win the Premier League – and perhaps plenty more besides – but Sergio Aguero has a solitary top-flight goal.

City have been deadliest with a false nine, with one of Pep Guardiola’s band of technical midfielders rendering a striker superfluous and displaying the superiority of an idea he pioneered with Barcelona.

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