Man City boss Pep Guardiola hails Fernanindho as 'incredible example'

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola has seen enough from Arsenal's recent performances to believe they can soon challenge for the Premier League title.Manchester City head to the Emirates nine places and 22 points ahead of the Gunners, who languish in 10th in the table after a fast start to the campaign under Mikel Arteta quickly tailed off.Guardiola knows the value of Arteta as a coach more than most, having enjoyed three years together in Manchester where the former Everton and Arsenal

straight to your inboxManchester City insist that they are not currently in talks with Lionel Messi amid reports that they have offered a two-year contract to the Barcelona star.Messi is in the final six months of his contract and could leave Barcelona on a free transfer this summer.Man City have been named as a potential landing spot, reuniting the Argentinian with Pep Guardiola who he enjoyed tremendous success under at the Nou Camp.

straight to your inbox every day for freeOle Gunnar Solskjaer insisted he has his own style as a manager and refused to compare himself to rivals Pep Guardiola, Jose Mourinho and Jurgen Klopp. The Manchester United boss has often come under fire for his lack of comparative experience, next to the Man City, Tottenham and Liverpool managers and others in the Premier League.

straight to your inboxIlkay Gundogan says Phil Foden's recent form is proof that Pep Guardiola should be trusted to manage and make decisions his way.Guardiola has led Manchester City to top spot in the Premier League despite a number of injuries in key areas at various points of the season, particularly in attack.Gundogan has replaced the goals of Sergio Aguero in recent weeks, with 11 strikes in 12 Premier League appearances, while Foden has also produced some influential performances across

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola has seen enough from Liverpool to still consider them title rivals. Manchester City are 13 points ahead of the Premier League champions with a game in hand after they beat Tottenham 3-0 hours after Liverpool had collapsed to a 3-1 defeat at Leicester.

direct to your inboxArsene Wenger thinks it's 'impossible' for Liverpool to catch Manchester City this season and has backed Pep Guardiola's side for the Premier League title.City picked up a superb 4-1 victory over the reigning champions last weekend to extend their advantage to 10 points with a game in-hand. Manchester United are in second-place, five points behind their neighbours, but have also played a game more.

straight to your inboxWhen Pep Guardiola, serial winner and excuse avoider, started whingeing that four minutes of added time is not enough, against the team second from bottom, the depth of the problem became apparent.Manchester City were down in ninth place after that stultifying 1-1 draw at home to West Bromwich Albion.They were not even in the conversation when the destiny of the Premier League title was discussed, and there was even talk among the more impatient Blues of the manager’s time

straight to your inbox Manchester City were last night claiming a new top-flight record of 15 consecutive wins in all competitions, after seeing off Swansea in the FA Cup. But the Blues were, confusingly enough, also adamant that they had broken that particular record in 2017 – when they piled up TWENTY victories on the bounce on their way to a Premier League and League Cup double.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola felt that Raheem Sterling deserved more praise than he got in the dissection of Manchester City's win over Liverpool.Phil Foden rightly dominated headlines after the 20-year-old followed up two assists with a breathtaking goal to seal the 4-1 win over Jurgen Klopp's side in style.

straight to your inboxKevin De Bruyne has returned to individual training as he continues to recover from injury.Manchester City have been without their talisman for the last five games since picking up an injury in the 2-0 win over Aston Villa three weeks ago.

straight to your inboxManchester City will play the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie with Borussia Monchengladbach in Budapest.Having qualified for the knockout rounds as group winners, Pep Guardiola's side would ordinarily head to Germany before hosting their opponents at the Etihad for the return leg.

straight to your inboxJurgen Klopp sounded on Friday like a man who was getting in his excuses ahead of Liverpool's title crunch with Manchester City.The Anfield manager's crass - and untrue - comments about the Blues having a two-week "Covid break" which had helped their push to the top of the table, sparked some sharp responses from his opposite number.It surprised and puzzled Pep Guardiola, who said he had thought the German was "not that type of manager".The City boss promised to question

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola has admitted that Manchester City star Bernardo Silva 'struggled' in the aftermath of his ban last season over an offensive tweet.Bernardo was suspended for one game in November, 2019, after he compared teammate Benjamin Mendy to a character on a packet of Conguitos chocolates in a social media post.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola praised Aleks Zinchenko for taking "an incredible step forward" in recent weeks for Manchester City.The only outfield player at the Etihad to have worked his way into the squad after a loan spell, Zinchenko deputised at left-back in the 2017/18 season during an injury crisis and has continued to be used there for his intermittent spells in the team.

straight to your inboxNew Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel has revealed he spoke with Pep Guardiola before taking the job at Stamford Bridge.Tuchel took charge of Chelsea for the first time on Wednesday night in a goalless draw with Wolves after replacing Frank Lampard as manager earlier this week. The 47-year-old knows Guardiola well after they faced each other in Germany when the Man City boss was at Bayern Munich and Tuchel was in charge of first Mainz and then Borussia Dortmund.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola has backed Thomas Tuchel to gain success at Chelsea.The German has been appointed head coach at Stamford Bridge following Frank Lampard's sacking earlier this week. He is a manager that Man City boss Guardiola knows well, with the two having faced each other in Germany on a number of occasions.