If his unselfish assist for City’s third goal was good (and it was), his dummy which opened up the space for Raheem Sterling to set up the fourth was sublime and showcased the teenager’s footballing intelligence and appreciation of space.
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“I’m really happy with both of my goals, and happy to score them because it was our first away game, but it was more important to get the three points”.
Home team Stoke City scored its first and only goal in the 49th minute through a penalty kick by Spanish Bojan Krkic.
“I am a little bit surprised, in the short time, with the level we played here and in Bucharest. It was a nice week for us”.
Nolito emerged from the bench to strike twice in City’s 4-1 victory at Stoke on Saturday, three days after scoring in his side’s Champions League play-off romp at Steaua Bucharest.
“Aguero is one of the best players in the world and I’m very proud to work and play with him”, Nolito said. “That’s why I like to defend with zonal marking because it is not man to man”.
“Football is a connection between what you have with the ball and without the ball and now Sergio, in the last two games, did it”. It was a little bit odd but I think Mark Hughes can say the same.
“All the teams have to careful with these kind of actions. I’m not a guy who likes to complain”.
The ECHO reported on Friday that Ronald Koeman has placed Joel Robles’ Everton future into doubt – saying he only wants players who relish competition for their place. “If you win you deserve to, if you don’t win then you don’t deserve”.
The result left Stoke still waiting for their first win of the new campaign but manager Mark Hughes saw reasons for optimism. In my experience usually there is a purge for three or four weeks and everyone reverts to type.
“As long as it’s consistent and it’s from this game to the end of the season then I haven’t got a problem with it”. But the rest, we saw again fantastic team spirit, how they communicate with each other, how they celebrate the goals, after the game with the fans.
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“Mike Dean is one of the more high-profile ones so maybe he enjoys that centre of attention, possibly”.
