Sergio Aguero struck twice for Man City.
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Sergio Aguero netted a brace to inspire Manchester City to a 3-1 win over Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium.
The Argentina worldwide missed three games through suspension after elbowing Winston Reid in City’s win over West Ham in August, but has nevertheless managed 11 goals from all competitions in the opening weeks of the campaign.
“Congratulations of course for his first goal, for the personality for the penalty, a lot of goals in the games”, Guardiola told a news conference.
“I think he’s injured”, Guardiola admitted. “But I want to help him improve his game”. Predict the score for this match and the rest of this round’s Premier League fixtures in our Predictor game.
United won 3-1 at third-tier Northampton Town to ease some of the pressure building on Mourinho following three consecutive defeats, while holders City prevailed 2-1 at Swansea City.
Kompany had just returned to action after injuring his groin in City’s Champions League semi-final second leg with Real Madrid in May.
Despite Aguero scoring 11 times in six games he played this season, Guardiola believes the striker still has a lot more to offer.
It meant Guardiola became only the second manager to win his first six Premier League matches, joining Carlo Ancelotti.
The Belgian midfielder was substituted with a suspected muscle injury in the 81st minute and Guardiola said he will have tests to see how serious it is.
A tantalising trip to Swansea awaits Guardiola’s men, whose current brand of total football is threatening to sweep all before them aside.
“Instead, it is important to work with my players and have a good relationship with them”. From the way he reacted, it looked like a muscle injury.
De Bruyne squandered the clearest chance to put City in front at half-time, side-footing wide from Ilkay Gundogan’s pass.
The England winger provided a peep into Guardiola’s style of work at Manchester City, and stressed that despite their ideal start to the season, the manager is still demanding more from his players.
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“Now we are thinking of Celtic, and then it will be Tottenham and that’s how we’ll go forward”.
