Star striker Sergio Aguero returned from a three-game suspension to score two goals at the Liberty Stadium and take his tally to a staggering 11 in his last six matches.
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Germany worldwide of Turkish origin Ilkay Gundogan did not start but he was brought on as a second half substitute for Fernandinho on 68 minutes.
“Kevin is not going to play the next games and now we need to keep going and win the games without him”, Guardiola was quoted as saying by the Mirror Online.
It means Guardiola is only the second manager to win his first six Premier League games, Carlo Ancelotti was the first to achieve that feat as he led Chelsea to the title in 2010. If you are still have difficulty check out this link.
Premier League leaders City are set to play second-placed Tottenham next weekend and then host Everton following the worldwide break, before a Champions League tie away at Barcelona on October 19.
“Now we are thinking of Celtic and then it will be Tottenham and that’s how we’ll go forward”. He was also named Man of the Match and his absence will be a big boost for Jose Mourinho’s side.
“We’ve just got to keep humble, we’ve got to just keep working hard”. It never ends in football.
“I trust a lot with Bacary Sagna, I trust a lot with Pablo Zabaleta”, he said.
The Spanish boss hailed him “special” and reckons he is second only to Lionel Messi when it comes to the best players in the world.
Only Sergio Aguero has scored more Premier League goals for City this season than Sterling, and he added: “That’s something I need to keep doing”.
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“During the game, you can dominate for 90 minutes, but if you analyse the [Swansea] game, we could have dominated better than that”. The Catalan continues to view the season game-by-game, and while he did see plenty of positives from the team as a whole and individual players in the Swansea clash, he still wants to see plenty of improvement. “We have a lot of games to play”. The opponents always create different things, and it’s about how we solve that.
