“I think we have seen that they jump in the wall with a free-kick this close to the goal, so Kevin took that [plan] into the game and it was a brilliant free-kick”, he said.
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City’s superb start under Guardiola continued as they won their eighth successive game in all competitions – an unprecedented feat for the club at the beginning of a season – by thrashing Bournemouth 4-0 in the Premier League on Saturday.
The Chile worldwide scored a goal in each half to inspire Arsenal’s third straight league win, four days after grabbing a late equalizer in a 1-1 draw against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League.
The home side led 2-0 at half-time after strikes from the outstanding Kevin De Bruyne and Kelechi Iheanacho, who was once again standing in for the suspended Sergio Aguero. “Without the ball he is the first fighter – with it he sees the right move every single time”.
“Yes, I give them a lot of credit for the way they played but I felt we could have done better without the ball and definitely better with the ball”.
“We have to know we can get better”.
“I thought they were a level above us, but I feel we could have done a lot better”.
He said: “I am so happy but I have to tell you I am going to lose games”.
“We can just learn from him. We will take care of him and I hope he will enjoy it with us to play his fantastic football”, Guardiola told reporters after the match, reported AFP.
Bournemouth’s third league loss of the season made it a tough full debut for on-loan Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere. “[On Friday night] I saw two fantastic opponents and I know how hard it will be, absolutely everything”. “Our plan wasn’t to sit as deep as we did first half but we ended up getting trapped with nowhere to go”.
“He is one of the best players I have worked with”, said Guardiola. But, according to Guardiola, the 25-year-old is fiercely ambitious, and keen to win the major individual prizes that have been the preserve of Argentine forward Messi and Real Madrid’s Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo since 2008.
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“Maybe we are in a good way to have that aura but it doesn’t come automatically”.
