Former Manchester City striker Paul Dickov has sung the praises of Mateo Kovacic.
Dickov says the summer signing has stepped up when Rodri has been missing.
I thought he was really, really good at Bournemouth on Saturday and again at Luton," Dickov told City's website.
With Rodri not being there, he just sat in front of the back four and kept things ticking over and broke up play.
And when you are a player like that you get so much more appreciation from your team-mates than what you possibly do from the outside.
The goal too was fantastic. Great touch, great feet, great technique and it was past the goalkeeper before he knew it.
I'm a huge fan and I've said that since we saw him in pre-season.
He's a top, top player."