However, in what will surely be great news for all Citizens, the man also known as “Kun” seems settled and determined to remain in the Premier League.
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Ibe and Sterling will compete for the same real estate on the pitch and the reigning Premier League player of the month will be confident to come out at the top in this seemingly one sided contest.
“I think tomorrow he (Silva) will not be able to play”, Guardiola said. He also assisted one of City’s four goals in their mid-week Champions League match against Borussia Mönchengladbach.
The iconic Wembley arch was lit up in Tottenham’s blue and white, but that was the extent of the home comforts for Mauricio Pochettino’s side as they paid the price for a sloppy first-half display. They need to play.
Guardiola saw new signing Gundogan make a highly impressive debut.
As quoted by The Guardian, he replied when asked about Aguero’s contract situation; “I think he’s going to extend the contract but it’s not official”.
“Now we have to play Celtic”.
The Spaniard, who reached the semi-finals in all three seasons with Bayern Munich after winning the competition with Barcelona, praised his team for the efficient manner in which they dealt with tricky opponents.
A generous whirlwind two or three hours before start on Tuesday had obliged the essential diversion to be scratched off and about fragment of Monchengladbach’s fan flew home before Wednesday’s changed match.
Next week’s EFL Cup tie against Swansea gives him the chance to rest some of his stars, so I expect him to go with as strong a team as possible against Bournemouth. He tapped in the opening goal from Aleksandar Kolarov’s low cross in the ninth minute, converted a penalty in the 28th after Gundogan was tripped, and completed his hat trick by rounding the goalkeeper in a one-on-one chance set up by Raheem Sterling in the 77th minute.
Kelechi Iheanacho is expected to continue deputising for Aguero while £37 million new signing Leroy Sane could come in for his first start after coming off the bench for City’s last two matches.
Aguero sent Sommer the wrong way, taking his tally for the campaign to eight goals in all competitions.
“I was not here, I don’t know what happened, but they can forget it. It’s not untypical of City”, Moenchengladbach coach Andre Schubert said. I’ve been thinking about it since two days ago. “Everything’s run against us”, he said. You’re in a hotel, there’s the stress of travelling. “We are all very happy to have him”.
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Monchengladbach, who saw almost half their fans fly home before kick-off due to the rearrangement, offered little and it seemed a matter of time before Aguero added another treble to the one he hit against Steaua Bucharest in qualifying.
