At some point in the next few weeks there will be a definitive conclusion to the Manchester City Numbers Game, the equation not balancing as it is and serious names set to miss days like this if nothing gives.
None of Rodri, Phil Foden and Josko Gvardiol - three players integral to Pep Guardiola’s plans for a revamped City - were named in the squad at Wolves through fitness issues. All three are certainties to make every single matchday squad when fit so it made you peer at the bench and wonder who the unlucky few might be in future.