Manchester City midfielder Fernandinho is not getting carried away regarding his centre-back performances.

The defensive midfielder has needed to move further back in the starting lineup, given injuries to Aymeric Laporte and John Stones.

But he knows that despite two wins and clean sheets against Shakhtar Donetsk and Watford, there are many tougher tests to come.

"I'm still in an adaptation process," he said to reporters.

"It's something new for me although I did know since the end of last season that playing as a centre-back was a possibility.

"I've started training it from the beginning of this season so it's still new, but I'm trying to learn from that experience.

"The way we play makes it a bit easier because we keep the ball with us most minutes.

"But when an opponent attacks more through crosses or behind-the-line runs... let's see how I'm going to perform."