People keep saying this but why? He made a fine pass against Leverkusen and managed to con the ref into a penalty and a red card against Palace while being generally useless otherwise. He was awful at Anfield.
He hasn't been in good form, at all. Bringing up his performance at the Etihad last season would be a better argument.
He hardly conned the ref for the penalty or red card for feck sake he's not my favourite but be fair it was a foul and red card followed as last man!