Gabriel Jesus says a phone call from Pep Guardiola was the crucial factor in his decision to join Manchester City from Palmeiras.
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‘It was a dramatic finish.
“Kun is very important for us”, midfielder Gundogan told City TV.
“We have to expect maybe they will play with five at the back because against Chelsea for the first time he played with five”.
The equaliser nearly arrived after John Stones made a hash of clearing from deep, gifting possession to Swansea substitute Sigurdsson, but his shot hit Caballero and City escaped.
“Of course a striker has to score goals and I’m so happy with him, and with Kelechi Iheanacho as well”, said the City boss.
And it’s clear that Guardiola is not fond of the hype, joking in a press conference on Monday that their first loss should come soon. I know what Joe Hart means to this club.
“(His performance) was good. “I said don’t think too much about the team, the tactics, what’s going on in the group, focus on your body and to be fit”. Day by day we work in training to accomplish our goals and it’s good for us.
“I’ve never yet seen one player exhausted after a 4-0 win”.
“Instead, it’s Pep’s City just six weeks after the Premier League leaders won so convincingly 2-1”.
The 19-year-old will join Manchester City in January with the EPL club agreeing to pay Palmeiras 30 million euros.
The Premier League giants will now look to the likes of John Stones and Nicolas Otamendi to tide things over in the core of defence until Kompany makes his return. Indeed, since winning at Burnley on matchday one, the Swans have taken just one point from four matches and, in Manchester City, they are preparing to host one of the form sides in European football. Of course Pep will make changes in the domestic cup competitions, but the players he will be bringing in will be world class worldwide players – that is the strength of the Manchester City squad. Caballero made three saves in the win.
‘You can not win multiple trophies with 11 players, you need a squad’.
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But the summer signing has set about making up for lost time impressively, shining in a 4-0 Champions League defeat of Borussia Monchengladbach and then scoring in the rout of Bournemouth.
