Guardiola said: “After (a game) for half an hour, one hour, sometimes three or four hours we are so happy – but after that you start to think again about the next one, you start to worry about the strikers of Bournemouth and how they play”. ‘It’s not a big problem but it happened two days ago’.
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“To take it to the next level we have to improve a lot”, he said.
“When I watch them play, I enjoy it – and it’s rare for me to say that when I watch an opponent play”.
Guardiola has now been boosted by some further positive news, as The Telegraph claims that the 28-year-old forward will officially put pen to paper this week to ensure that he remains at the Etihad Stadium until at least 2020. “We will see tomorrow, today we are going to see the doctor and we will decide”.
Manchester City have a 100% record under Guardiola so far this campaign, winning four from four in the league, both legs of their Champions League play-off with Steaua București, and that opening group stage meeting with Monchengladbach.
“We are playing really good, but there are other teams that are more candidates”.
‘All we can do is work a lot, ‘ Guardiola added. We can not disguise his quality.
And he warned that Bournemouth are a unsafe opponent and has been impressed by what he has seen of them this season. “We worked really hard on the preseason and you are still doing every day”. There’s a long time to go. “He is one of the managers who has helped me most in my career”.
“I’ve improved my game near the box and scoring goals”. “Every team needs to score to win games and, if you have such an incredible striker in your own rows, then it gives you the safety you are always able to score”.
Despite serving a three-match Premier League ban for an elbow on West Ham’s Winston Reid last month, Agüero has been in superb form as of late scoring nine goals in his last five games. There are many, many things I like.
“I don’t think tomorrow will be enough”, said the City boss. “They’ve been very impressive”.
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“We try to do absolutely everything to take care of our players in terms of training and the way they eat, their food, their rest – without good vitamins, good food, good drink and good rest you can not compete every few days over 11 months”.
