Bayern Munich defender Joshua Kimmich has been impressed with how quickly former coach Pep Guardiola has been able to have an impact at Manchester City.
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City have won their eight games in all competitions – a club record – and preserved their two-point advantage at the Premier League summit with a razor-sharp 4-0 win over Bournemouth on Saturday.
Although any comparison to the five time Ballon d’Or victor may be seen as rather hasty, it is clear to see why the England global has been highlighted as the player who’s improving most under Guardiola following his £50m move from Liverpool last summer. “We’re good, but there are many things we can do better”. At the Etihad Stadium, Guardiola made four changes to the team that had outclassed Borussia Moenchengladbach in the Champions League, with Bacary Sagna, Gael Clichy, Nolito and Iheanacho coming in.
“My happiness does not depend on if I am going to win all the titles or not”.
“In our world with social media it’s better to stay back and don’t read and don’t listen too much”.
He added: “We didn’t give a Bournemouth account of ourselves and we didn’t go there and play the way we did against Chelsea, or even against Liverpool away”.
“We have a lot of work (to do) and we are just in September. It’s nothing. We have played absolutely nothing”, said the 45-year-old Spaniard.
City new boy, Ilkay Gundogan completed the scoring after receiving a brilliant assist from Kevin De Bruyne.
“Messi is on a table on his own. But the table beside, Kevin can sit there”, said Guardiola.
“Kevin is an outstanding player”, Guardiola said.
Miguel Britos dispossessed Anthony Martial in the buildup to Capoue’s first goal and despite replays showing Britos got the ball, Mourinho blamed the referees for the second match in a row.
“It wouldn’t be fair to say Jurgen is more emotional but when you see him on the sidelines living every minute, it’s not hard to understand why Dortmund were so successful under him”. We are lucky to have him. That’s why he is a player at another level.
But manager Eddie Howe claimed it was an unfair performance by which to judge the England global. “After that we are going to see”. Sky Sports reported that during their time in La Liga facing each other, the two titans drew four times, with five victories to Guardiola’s Barca, and two wins to Mourinho’s Real.
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“It was a hard day for us”. Hopefully we can catch them cold.
