Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola acted as a sounding board to new Brighton manager Roberto De Zerbi.
04.09.2022 - 22:35 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Here are your Manchester City evening headlines for Sunday, September 4
Pep Guardiola credited a failure to be precise in the final third as the reason why Manchester City left Villa Park with just a point, rather than three, on Saturday.
City travelled to the Midlands to take on a struggling Aston Villa side that had lost four of its opening five matches but were left frustrated as the hosts made City pay for their wastefulness in front of goal.
Guardiola's side failed to register a shot on target in the first half but Erling Haaland opened the scoring after half-time as City looked sharper and hungrier. However, the likes of Haaland, Riyad Mahrez and Phil Foden failed to take make the most of the opportunities City created and with 15 minutes left Villa equalised through Leon Bailey. And the City boss has now detailed exactly why his side were unable to find the back of the net more than once during the Premier League encounter.
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Sevilla manager Julen Lopetegui has outlined what his side must do when they face Manchester City in the Champions League on Tuesday.
City kick off their twelfth consecutive Champions League campaign with a trip to Seville to take on the Spanish heavyweights. City will enter the match at the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan in good spirits despite drawing 1-1 with Aston Villa on Saturday, having begun their Premier League title defence with four wins from six games.
The same cannot be said of Sevilla on the other hand, who have taken just one point from their opening four LaLiga matches. The pressure continued to mount on Lopetegui on Saturday evening, as his side were brushed aside 3-0 by a rampant Barcelona – and
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola acted as a sounding board to new Brighton manager Roberto De Zerbi.
Here are your Manchester City evening headlines on Tuesday, September 20.
A huge mural of Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has appeared near the Etihad Stadium. The amazing artwork has been painted by two talented street artists on the gable end of a house on the Beswick housing estate facing the Blues' home.
Manchester City defender Manuel Akanji has explained the differences between playing in the Premier League and the Bundesliga following his top flight debut at Wolves.
Pep Guardiola is confident Kalvin Phillips can still make England's World Cup squad despite the prospect of needing to undergo surgery on a shoulder injury.
When Erling Haaland stretched to try and convert Kevin De Bruyne's low cross inside the first minute at Molineux, it looked briefly like Manchester City's deadly combination was going to be denied.
Pep Guardiola was not in the mood to comment on the idea of a North vs South All-Star game between Premier League teams but did question when such a match could be squeezed into football's bulging calendar.
Pepe Guardiola has explained how Julian Alvarez has been able to adapt so quickly to life at Manchester City.
Rodri believes that Manchester City must focus on themselves — and not the poor form of their opponents — if they want to get their Champions League campaign off to a winning start.
Pep Guardiola confirmed that Kyle Walker was unable to complete 90 minutes against Aston Villa due to injury.
Manchester City fans are unfurling all the superlatives for Erling Haaland after the phenomenon scored the opening goal against Aston Villa.
Pep Guardiola has a decision to make on Erling Haaland for Manchester CIty's trip to Aston Villa on Saturday.
Jamie Carragher says Erling Haaland could go down as the greatest ever Premier League player if his upward trajectory continues.
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