Manchester City's best ever XI ... The second forward 💥 | OneFootball

With the football on hold at the moment, we’ve been thinking about who gets in Manchester City’s all-time XI.

Yesterday we chose our first forward. Today we’re choosing the second.

Here are the nominees …

3rd – Edin Džeko

Džeko scored 72 goals in 189 games for City, a few of which would prove to be one of the most important in the club’s history.

Signed from Wolfsburg in January 2011, the Bosnian striker took a little time to settle in Manchester but his first goal – an equaliser in an FA Cup tie at Notts County – was the first of many vital goals for the club.

Former City assistant manager David Platt would later describe Džeko as a “heavy” goalscorer, meaning he would often find the net when is team needed it most.

And so it proved, with him netting the equaliser against Queens Park Rangers on the final day of the dramatic 2011/12 campaign, followed by big goals against Everton and Aston Villa in the 2013/14 title run-in.

He could be frustrating to watch at times but on his day, he was a brilliant player for City who is still revered by the fans to this day.

2nd – Francis Lee

An integral part of City’s successes in the 1960s and 70s, Lee was the spearhead of the famous Bell, Lee and Summerbee triumvirate.

Signed from Bolton Wanderers in 1967, Lee made his debut in a win over Wolves at Maine Road and scored his first goal the following week away at Fulham.

He went on to score 148 goals in all, putting him 7th on the club’s all-time goal-scorers list.

And his uncanny ability to win and then score penalties earned him the nickname ‘Lee One Pen’.

He left for Derby County in 1974 having won the league title, the League Cup, the FA Cup and the European Cup Winners’ Cup with City.

But the less said about his disastrous spell as chairman at Maine Road in the 1990s, the better.

And the winner is … Eric Brook

With 177 goals in 493 appearances, Brook held the record as City’s all-time leading goalscorer for 78 years.

Signed from Barnsley in 1928, Brook opened his account for the club in a 5-3 win over Clapton Orient.

He went on to spend over a decade at City before retiring in 1939 and helped the club to the FA Cup in 1934 and the First Division title in 1937.

Those who remember him say he had a fearsome shot on him and were it not for that pesky Sergio Agüero, he would probably still hold that scoring record to this day.

Here’s how the team is looking so far …

GK: Bert Trautmann RB: Pablo Zabaleta LB: Glyn Pardoe CB: Aymeric Laporte CB: Vincent Kompany CM: Yaya Touré CM: Colin Bell CM: David Silva FW: Tommy Johnson FW: Eric Brook

Check back tomorrow when we will be choosing the third and final forward!