December was a difficult month for Manchester City with the club losing two of five Premier League games and falling to a possibly irreparable deficit in their English title defence.
There were positives to be found for Pep Guardiola's side, who also topped their UEFA Champions League group and beat Oxford United 3-1 away to book a Carabao Cup semi-final spot.
Gabriel Jesus enjoyed his best month of the season thus far and collected more than half of his 11 goals for the campaign in fewer than 20 days, including a Champions League hat-trick against Dinamo Zagreb.