And in an ominous message to the likes of United – who they beat in the Manchester derby last week – Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool the ex-Barcelona and Bayern Munich coach is confident his team will not rest on their laurels.
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“He’s not going to be satisfied until he creates history for that football club”.
City beat Borussia Monchengladbach 4-0 in their opening Champions League group game, but Guardiola stressed how hard it is to win the competition, with City having only once reached the semi-final stage. From what I’ve seen so far we need to be very flexible because no one will stay for 30 minutes in the same role because we are changing all the time.
“We are in September”.
“We will lose games and we will make mistakes, but this is a process”. He’s focused on so many details, not just on the field also off the field.
“And with the ball the quality of the players made the difference”. “We are lucky to have him”. He achieved so many things in his career ’til now.
De Bruyne is part of a group of players at City who have excelled in just a few weeks under Guardiola’s management. “It was a shame we couldn’t keep the clean sheet but four goals away from home, you are always going to get the win”. You have to look for the positives and there were moments in the game when we did okay.
Arsenal on their part completely outclassed their hosts Hull City winning by a 4-1 margin in a game in which Arsene Wenger opted to start Nigerian worldwide, Alex Iwobi who gave a good account of himself. “It’s nothing. We have played absolutely nothing”, said the 45-year-old Spaniard.
“It’s been a great performance in those three games, I think I’m improving”.
“It’s not easy, it’s really hard. But sometimes we were aggressive and we won the balls in a risky position for them and we could use good counterattacks to make clear chances”.
“I know his quality but he needs minutes and he will get them in the next game”.
However, De Bruyne was reserved special praise as one of the best players in the next bracket under the current Ballon d’Or holder.
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“Kevin is [an] outstanding player”, he added. Hopefully he can enjoy with us to play his fantastic football’.
