Man City boss Pep Guardiola cannot get enough of Fernandinho, while Raheem Sterling has credited his manager with turning his form around.
Fernandinho has been pivotal to Manchester City's unblemished start to the Premier League season according to Pep Guardiola, who would like more players like the Brazilian in his side.
City put their 100 per cent domestic record on the line against second-place Tottenham at White Hart Lane on Sunday, having failed to win for the first time this season in a pulsating 3-3 Champions League draw at Celtic in midweek.
Fernandinho scored the first of three equalisers for Guardiola's men in Glasgow – his second goal of the season – and the 31-year-old has been a relentless influence on the side from a nominally defensive position at the base of City's central midfield three.