His team secured a dominant 3-0 victory over Liverpool on Sunday, with goals from Erling Haaland, Nico Gonzalez, and Jeremy Doku. ..Continue Reading
The win lifted City into second place in the league standings, trailing Arsenal by four points.
Even in defeat, Guardiola praised Liverpool’s right-back Conor Bradley.
‘[Doku] had an outstanding game against one of the best full-backs in the Premier League,’ Guardiola said after the match.
‘[Bradley] is so quick, I saw his game against Vinicius Junior [vs Real Madrid on Tuesday]’.
Guardiola also commended his own player, Nico O’Reilly, for his performance.
‘Nico O’Reilly was amazing,’ Guardiola added. ‘In general, everyone was extraordinary because they (Liverpool) are still the champions. Sometimes we put a full-back inside, sometimes he has been 10 or eight.
‘He can play. His presence in set-pieces in the long balls is fast. He is clever – he plays really good. I think he was really good, he has been doing really good.’
Reflecting on the match being his 1000th as a manager, Guardiola said: ‘My players gave me a good present with this performance against the champions.
‘We had to perform good and many good things happened, they all performed to the highest level.
‘Defensively it was really good. We know their threat in behind with Mo [Salah] and the quality of [Dominik] Szoboszlai and [Florian] Wirtz and we have incredible energy with our people.
‘Playing at home and winning is good for the international break.
‘Gigi [Donnarumma] made the saves he should. Both the full-backs were outstanding.
‘The midfielders gave us a lot of passes and control. Of course the threat of Jeremy [Doku] was outstanding alongside Erling [Haaland].’
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