Man City manager Pep Guardiola delighted with what he saw from Liverpool FC players

straight to your inboxLeroy Sane insists his relationship with Pep Guardiola is good, as he discussed his reasons for leaving Manchester City.Sane joined Bayern Munich earlier this month for an initial €49million, in a deal that could rise by €11million in add-ons.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola said he has little respect for Arsenal's actions off the pitch as the bad blood between the Gunners and Manchester City continues.The relationship between the two clubs has occasionally boiled over since the Blues were taken over more than a decade ago, with the number of players swapping the Emirates for the Etihad and Arsene Wenger's public comments about City's spending adding to the tension.There have also been specific issues this season.

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola says Manchester City players will have to work out how to beat Watford for themselves tomorrow night. The manager and his staff usually analyse previous games from their opponents to work out how they are going to line up against the Blues and what weaknesses can be exploited to make it easier for the players.

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola said he asked his Manchester City players to be more aggressive at half time of the defeat to Arsenal after being disappointed with their performance in the first 45 minutes.

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola was left saddened by Manchester City's FA Cup defeat as he accused his players of not turning up for the first half. A 2-0 victory for Mikel Arteta's Arsenal ended a long unbeaten run for the Blues in domestic cups stretching back to February 2018 and leaves them with the Champions League as the only remaining trophy they can win this season.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola could not resist a poke at his critics after being asked why Manchester City always show respect to the cup competitions.The Blues have consistently fielded strong teams in both the Carabao Cup and FA Cup since the Catalan took charge in 2016 – and have been rewarded with three wins in the former and one in the latter.But after getting used to previous managers playing a mixture of fringe squad players and academy prospects in domestic cup competitions, City

ManchesterFA Cup final.The Manchester City boss is too focussed on the job in hand, which is the semi-final against Arsenal, to consider the possibility of a piece of football history.The nearest City and Manchester United have come to a final was when they met in the 2011 semi-final at Wembley, when Yaya Toure’s goal sent them into the final, where they ended a 35-year trophy drought with victory over Stoke.But United face Chelsea on Sunday, the day after the Blues take on the Gunners.Sadly, if

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola says former Manchester City coach Mikel Arteta is creating something unique at Arsenal, as the two sides prepare to face each other in the FA Cup semi-final. Arteta left City to take the Arsenal head coach job in December, and is already seeing his style of play translate onto the pitch at the Emirates.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola says his future beyond 2021 is not important as he works to make sure the Manchester City chairman is no longer unhappy with him.City have celebrated as a club this week after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) overturned their two-year Champions League ban, allowing them to keep hold of their best players and continue to build as they have done over the last decade.

straight to your inboxMonday's announcement over Manchester City's appeal against their UEFA sanctions will have plenty more implications than just whether the Blues will be allowed to play in the Champions League next season.City will discover if their appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport has been successful on Monday morning, after UEFA banned them from European competition for two seasons back in February for 'serious breaches' of Financial Fair Play regulations.Pep Guardiola said

straight to your inbox Rio Ferdinand claims that Man City boss Pep Guardiola has lost faith in defender John Stones. The Manchester United great was speaking ahead of City 's clash with Newcastle United when he analysed what has gone wrong for Stones.

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola dismissed any talk of transfers until the end of the season when Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly and Barcelona forward Lionel Messi were mentioned in a press conference ahead of the Premier League match against Newcastle on Wednesday evening. Having finally been dethroned by Liverpool a fortnight ago, attention has turned to how Manchester City can improve to try and reclaim the Premier League title next season.

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola says his Manchester City side must improve and take their chances if they want to win the FA Cup and Champions League. City couldn't convert any of their 26 shots at Southampton on Sunday and fell to a 1-0 defeat on the South Coast - their ninth of the season in the Premier League.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola said he is not concerned by Southampton’s revelation that they targeted Ederson in Manchester City’s defeat yesterday.Saints boss Ralph Hasenhuttl said that his team had worked on forcing errors from the City defence – and then taking advantage of the fact that the Brazil goalkeeper is often in an advanced position, as he sweeps up behind the defence and also joins in the outfield build-up.That plan worked to perfection when Stuart Armstrong robbed Aleks