“I don’t know what the owners and chairman are thinking – for me, it is not important”, he said.
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Swansea’s defeat, meanwhile, leaves them hovering above the relegation zone by one point – albeit after an improved performance which may have eased the pressure on their beleaguered head coach Francesco Guidolin.
The City manager, who is targeting a 10th straight win away to Swansea City today, believes his team would unravel if he allowed critics such as Yaya Toure’s agent to go unpunished, and has insisted he enforces strict discipline to safeguard the long-terms interests of the club.
De Bruyne’s performances have helped City make a flawless start to the league campaign, winning all five games.
“It’s an ever-growing relationship between the boys and the manager and something that just keeps getting better”, he said.
The second half was as hard as the first, but City played better football and had more control, and deservedly got two goals to clinch the victory.
“He’s a very good player, a very intelligent player”, Fernandinho told the Manchester Evening News.
Toure is free to speak to interested clubs in January and outspoken agent Dimitri Seluk has stated his 33-year-old client wants to remain in the Premier League.
The world’s most expensive footballer was at the centre of most of United’s best moves, heading his first goal for the club on 42 minutes and starting the move that set up Juan Mata, Rooney’s replacement, for another.
Villa has been impressed with Guardiola’s quick start at the Etihad, where he has won his first nine games in charge, and believes his track record with Barcelona and Bayern Munich, as well as his constant desire to improve, means sustained success is nearly certain to follow in Manchester.
Manchester City poured forward in the second half, Raheem Sterling wasting a good opportunity before Aguero coolly converted a 65th-minute penalty following a foul on Kevin de Bruyne. “I think it is a bit easier for his players to get into his ideas”.
“I think he’s injured”, the City boss added. Our target is just to win the next game.
Fernando Llorente scored his first Premier League goal for Swansea City in his sixth appearance in the competition for them.
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Kick-off time 15:00. Swansea vs Manchester City is not available in live streaming.
