Just 45 seconds had passed on the digital clock at the Etihad when Omar Marmoush made his first touch in the Manchester City shirt. It was heavy, the ball ricocheted from the outside of his right foot. But how he reached the ball and how he made amends captured the virtues that convinced City to cough up 63 millions pounds to acquire his signature. The move began when Matheus Nunes clipped a neat pass to Phil Foden, stationed a few yards away from half-line. Marmoush was then lurking near the centre circle. But when Foden abruptly sliced a ball into a pocket of space in the middle, the 25-year-old pounced from nowhere and stretched his right-leg to seize the ball, even if the touch was scruffy. But he didn’t give up his wild chase. He out-sprinted his marker, gathered the ball, and swished the ball just a few inches over the bar. Had he scored, the goal would have been ruled marginally off-side, as he had timed his run a fraction over-zealously. But the sequence …