Manchester City breezed past Sunderland on Saturday securing a comfortable 3-0 victory which reduces the gap between them and the league leaders Arsenal to 2 points. Rayan Cherki ran a show on his own, providing two assists out of which one was a Rabona cross to Foden’s header extending their lead to 3 goals.
Man City fans were completely put in for a surprise as no one saw that coming and it was pure magic from Cherki just like a magician pulling out a rabbit out of a hat. The balance and the composure to attempt such a thing in a Premier League game of much importance has taken Cherki into consideration of a special player. Fans still could not hold on with praises and continue to pour in their words of astonishment.
Rayan Cherki's rabona assist and Phil Foden's perfect header. Incredible. 🪄😍pic.twitter.com/CF1lSljdkb
— Tekkers Foot (@tekkersfoot) December 6, 2025
Pep Guardiola was also a fan of his work. He mentioned he is impressed with Cherki’s attributes but calls out for fancy skills that end up risky. He had to draw examples from Lionel Messi, arguably the greatest of the game on how inspite of god gifted talent, it is important to do the simple things right without complications. The unnecessary glaze on Lionel Messi by Pep Guardiola invited serious repercussions from fans some funny and some in real sense.
Here is what Pep had to say about Messi.
Fans collectively pointed out Pep’s obsession with his former Barca Player under whom Messi was on a different level between 2009-2011.
Although the comparison was wayward for an appreciation, some fans bound to agree with Pep that it is more important to be perfect in simple skills than to produce out of the world flairs after missing out on easy chances. Nevertheless, Cherki has finally got eyes over him both from his manager and his fans
