Marmoush was an obvious choice to boost City’s flailing attack amid their terrible run of results in the first part of last season, having scored 19 goals and provided 11 assists for Eintracht Frankfurt. He was thrown straight into City’s line-up, too, starting 14 of their 16 remaining league games of the season while appearing in four of their five FA Cup matches, including starts in the semi-final and final.
For the most part, he shared the attack with Haaland, apart from during the Norwegian’s five-week absence with an ankle injury, and in addition to his treble against Newcastle, Marmoush hit the net against Brighton, Leicester City, Crystal Palace and twice against Bournemouth, scoring the winner in the FA Cup quarter-final tie with the Cherries before later landing an outrageous rocket in May which was named Premier League Goal of the Season.
The only negative note came when Marmoush was denied from the penalty spot by Dean Henderson in the FA Cup final defeat to Crystal Palace, though Haaland earned more criticism for shirking responsibility at Wembley.