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Cavani is the real deal in an era of the false nine
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Edinson Cavani celebrating after scoring United's opener in the Europa League quarter-final second leg against Granada on April 15, 2021.
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Richard Jolly
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It feels like the triumph of the revolutionaries. Manchester City are set to win the Premier League - and perhaps plenty more besides - but Sergio Aguero has a solitary top-flight goal.
City have been deadliest with a false nine, with one of Pep Guardiola's band of technical midfielders rendering a striker superfluous and displaying the superiority of an idea he pioneered with Barcelona.
