“We need to manage the ball better, we did that in the second half and I’m happy that we won the game”.
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“I think he’s injured”, the City boss added. However, the Argentine’s record of nine goals in five games thus far in the competition should turn the tide in his favour.
“Tonight we’re going back to Manchester, tomorrow the doctor is going to see him”.
Swansea City’s Francesco Guidolin said: “The performance was flawless for me, Manchester City are the best team in the Premier League, I am proud of my players and the way that they performed, just disappointed with the result”.
Guidolin’s men continued to threaten as Llorente made a nuisance of himself and driving runs forward from the likes of Sigurdsson and Wayne Routledge asked persistent questions of Guardiola’s high defensive line.
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. “What is important for me, is that I work hard with the players and have a good relationship with them”. But this is my job. I do not feel under pressure.
“The performance was flawless, in my opinion, (at) the same level of Manchester City, who are the best team in the Premier League”.
“I am proud of my players”.
“Before the penalty we could have scored and should have scored”.
On the penalty decision that saw his side fall 2-1 behind, Guidolin added: “I’m not a judge”.
The two games against Swansea made something very clear: just because the results have been flawless, the performances haven’t, and that’s a good thing. There is the referee and he is the judge.
“In this period, the fixtures are not easy”. Hopefully the results continue to be good while this evolution happens.
However, Guardiola’s side addressed those issues with a ruthless second-half performance.
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Conte, by contrast, has seen Chelsea pick up only one point from their last two Premier league matches, which have brought a draw at Swansea and a home defeat to Liverpool.
