On a splendid afternoon for Guardiola, whose side earned a deserved 2-1 win at the home of his great rival Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United, the only cloud on the sky blue horizon for the City faithful may have been Bravo’s erratic ways.
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The Chile worldwide showcased his excellent footwork and footballing brain throughout City’s 2-1 win at Old Trafford, moving outside his area to get involved in play and starting attacks with his passing and long throws.
The Red Devils struggled to contend with the Citizens in the first half after goals from Belgium midfielder Kevin De Bruyne and Kelechi Iheanacho at Old Trafford.
Bravo was actually praised by his manager afterwards, but Guardiola did admit he had been frustrated at times by City’s collective performance, especially in the second half.
City on Tuesday host Borussia Monchengladbach in their first fixture in Champions League Group C, which features also Barcelona, with whom Guardiola won the competition twice as boss.
“He was the only striker we had in that moment”.
As well as the success at Old Trafford, City’s Premier League campaign so far has returned home wins against Sunderland and West Ham either side of a 4-1 victory at Stoke.
Next up for Leicester: A break from league play and its first ever match in the Champions League, against Club Brugge on Wednesday. We have a lot of media (commitments), so I didn’t see him. He has something in his muscle and we believe that was a problem for the many injuries last season, ‘ Guardiola said.
“The season is just starting, we don’t lose, we learn”.
“Hopefully next time we play against United, people start to forget”. We have got to go a little bit away from the physical game in the Premier League, because we are not as strong as other teams. “We were in control, much more unsafe and had our chances to equalise”.
“I’m happy it gives an effect but, even if I was not here, they would still do good”. What the world is seeing now, we already know because we see it every day.
“For me the next big game is against Feyenoord and the next game he is going to play”. Instead, Claudio said “it’s football, it’s happened, we were unlucky” – because the situation was unlucky – and then in the second half he played again, and again, and again with the ball.
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“And in the second half, very pleased with many things, disappointed with the result and disappointed two very important decisions from Mark that were against us”.
