Ederson Had no chance with the Saints goal and was similarly helpless from their other decent chances - 6
Kyle Walker Pointless crossing in a headless first half, but he found a degree of subtlety after the break - 6
Ruben Dias Had to dig deep after a first-half when runners were passing him, and he shored up after that - 6
Aymeric Laporte Probably the pick of the defenders in a difficult first half - and then scored a big goal - 7
Joao Cancelo Some awful crossing and decision-making until he found his mojo in the second half - 6
Rodri Couldn't stem the countrr-attacking tide, but put City in the front foot after the break - 6
Kevin De Bruyne The game passed him by for 45 minutes, but plonked it on Laporte's head and almost won a penalty - 7
Bernardo Silva Ceaseless effort to try to haul City back into it, but some of his usual quality was lacking - 6
Raheem Sterling Began by taking wrong options and going to sleep on the ball, then missed a sitter. Awful - 3
Phil Foden Placed it on a plate for Sterling, and was a constant menace in the second half - 7
Jack Grealish Candidate for the hook in first hour, but started to create problems for Saints as the game wore on - 6
Subs
Gabriel Jesus (for Sterling 60) 100 per cent improvement on Sterling - 7
Not used: Carson, Slicker, Stones, Ake, Wilson-Esbrand, Fernandinho, Gundogan, McAtee, Jesus
