De Bruyne has taken seven games to show his new manager how talented he is, and took just 15 minutes to score against Bournemouth, as he did in the Manchester derby at Old Trafford seven days earlier. “But the table beside, Kevin can sit there”, Guardiola said. Iheanacho said City noticed in its research for the game that Bournemouth’s players jump in the wall at free kicks on the edge of the area.
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“(He is) aggressive without the ball but especially with the ball, it’s clear he sees absolutely everything. Every time he makes the right decision.
The latest victory, a one-sided 4-0 win over Bournemouth on Saturday, contained plenty of pleasing movements for the coach but Guardiola still believes his side can play at a higher level.
Sterling then sealed the points with City’s third in fine style, the England global tapping into an empty net after great work from De Bruyne and Iheanacho before Ilkay Gundogan added a fourth.
Pep Guardiola turned the air a shade of sky blue as he downplayed Manchester City’s chances of success on all fronts this season, despite their faultless start to the season. They have now won eight straight matches under Guardiola, surpassing the record of seven set in the Victorian era in 1897.
Oh, and Manchester United. “It’s like watching Barca at the Nou Camp”, Jenas noted with awe after the win.
Guardiola has been delighted with how his side have kicked off their campaign, but has warned there will be hard times to come. I’m very pleased because I know against which team we won.
He has dismissed the suggestion that they will win the Premier League title comfortably as well as being talked about as potential Champions League winners.
“So we are who we are and we are so, so lucky we have Kevin with us”.
“That is not going to happen when I am there”, the Spaniard said.
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“The most important thing is that we have a good build-up and that every player knows what he has to do so it doesn’t matter which role the manager gives us”.
