The Spain global had to be replaced by Ilkay Gundogan for the delayed 4-0 win over Borussia Monchengladbach in the Champions League in midweek after feeling “discomfort” in training and is not expected to return for Saturday’s match at the Etihad Stadium.
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And on City’s 100 per cent start to the season, Guardiola said: “To win many games in a row in the Premier League is complicated…”
The 25-year-old was moved by the support and patience City fans have shown him since joining the club and sent out a video to his followers on Twitter.
Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has said that he can not take the glory for Sergio Aguero’s fantastic scoring rate.
Guardiola, a two-time Champions League victor while in charge of Barcelona, said: “I was not here for what happened but they must forget what happened in the past”.
“We start again and what we did in the past is the past – there are no guarantees to play good or win the game. I knew how hard this would be for us”, said the Spaniard. Every game we can be better, every game there is a chance to improve.
Guardiola said he expected a deal to to be officially announced by the club.
“I’m thinking about what’s going to happen tomorrow: what I have to tell, what I have to do, what do I have to train for them to be ready for our game”.
Sergio Aguero was the key man for City as he scored a hat-trick before being replaced by the final goalscorer Kelechi Iheanacho. “Today we created a really good performance except for 10-15 minutes in the first half”.
“We need him. It’s a lot of games and we need all the central defenders, strikers, wingers, attacking midfielders, holding midfielders, full-backs, goalkeepers”.
Ilkay Gundogan impressed on his debut, having been named in the side at short notice in place of David Silva, who would have started had the game gone ahead as originally scheduled on Tuesday.
“I know this Borussia team perfectly, I had never won against this coach before”. So, we can not discuss about his quality.
“I am used to being injured and five months was nothing for me – with my back I was injured for more than a year”, he said.
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“He’s close, but not yet”, Guardiola said.
