Chelsea's Conor Gallagher piles on the praise for Manchester City star

After a long and challenging 14 weeks, Manchester City entered the international break trailing current Premier League leaders Arsenal by five points, with both fixtures against the Gunners coming in the second-half of the season.

Their most recent game came against an in-form Brentford side, and proved to be yet another tricky fixture.

The Bees’ striker Ivan Toney came out swinging following his omission from Gareth Southgate's 26-man squad, putting his side on top of the defending Premier League champions just 16 minutes into the match.

As the first-half came to a close, Phil Foden struck an effort into the top corner and past the gloves of David Raya, to level the game at 1-1 at the interval.

However, following a Manchester City corner deep into the second-half, Yoane Wissa took the ball past the half-way line, gliding it across the pitch to Josh Dasilva, who found Ivan Toney in the perfect spot to slot home and give Thomas Frank’s side the precious three points.

After their loss, 16 players from Pep Guardiola's first team squad jetted off with their respective national teams ahead of the start of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Among those the selected few, Jack Grealish, John Stones, Kyle Walker, Kalvin Phillips, and Phil Foden joined up with their fellow England colleagues, who will be taking on the United States, Wales, and Iran in Group B of the tournament.

In the build-up to the competition, players from England team have been interviewed or made appearances for the global media, with Chelsea's Conor Gallagher featuring on JD Sports' 'Take The Crown'.