Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola praised his club’s 4-1 victory at Stoke City on Saturday.
Nigerian international Kelech Iheanacho was the architect of Nolito’s 3rd and 4th in Manchester City’s 4-1 win over Stoke City at the Britannia.
The win gives Guardiola his first Premier League away win of the season and after an unstable second half his team got the balance in the midfield and showed their worth as title contenders.
And Guardiola reacted: “I liked everything I saw. I am really impressed with the quality of the players and their performance”.
He continued: “We defended high and compact with the second ball. It was a pity to concede the penalty in the first minutes of the second half. But in the first half, we played good and just missed the last pass. We arrived many times in the box with one against one. We created a lot of counterattacks in the second half, good situations, but the final ball was not good. We have to try and finish the action.”
The former Barcelona and Bayern coach stressed: “We have only had one month together, there is time to get better. It is always tough to play here. With the corners it is difficult and the crowd is amazing. They have a lot of quality with the likes of Bojan and [Marko] Arnautovic, and we were lucky [Xherdan] Shaqiri was not there.”