City have won all six of their matches in all competitions this season and moved clear at the top of the Premier League with a slick 2-1 derby win at Manchester United on Saturday.
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Despite an interrupted pre-season with worldwide commitments, the 25-year-old lauded his club’s preparation for the new campaign, which has seen City win all four Premier League matches.
However, despite the obvious disappointment of the loss, De Gea appears to be staying as positive as possible.
For the home supporters, the Premier League seems to be valued as the more important competition – yet the club so desperately want to progress on the European stage.
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The 30-year-old underwent surgery prior to the end of last season which forced him to miss Euro 2016, but he has since returned to training at City and has impressed Guardiola with his performances on the training ground.
“They’re not going to save all the goals and opponents are going to score goals against them”.
But Guardiola claims he is more than happy with his new number one.
“I saw the goal and what happened in the three or four actions after when he received the ball”. Away fans were then banned from travelling to the Russian capital when a game was ordered to be played behind closed doors after racism and violence although around several hundred CSKA supporters were in attendance.
“Whether it is Claudio Bravo, Willy (Caballero) or Angus (Gunn), they are going to make mistakes in the future. I’m pretty sure of that”. I was convinced before the game and after seeing it again it is the same.
Guardiola has now turned his attention to the Champions League and the visit Monchengladbach.
Vincent Kompany is easily one of the best defenders in the world when he’s fit. If we let them play, they have a lot of quality.
City will also have Sergio Aguero available as his three-match ban for elbowing Winston Reid applies only to domestic football. The draw was hard for us. Plus, Mönchengladbach’s manager Andre Schubert has proven himself and his squad adept when facing Guardiola.
“I think they [fans] have learned to live with that [the risk] already”, the England worldwide told United Kingdom newspapers.
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MAN CITY: Bravo, Sagna, Otamendi, Stones, Kolarov, Fernandinho, De Bruyne, (Zabaleta, 90 mins), Silva, Sterling (Sane, 60 mins), Nolito, Iheanacho (Fernando, 53 mins).
