What Pep Guardiola wants from Taylor Harwood-Bellis loan from Man City to Blackburn

straight to your inboxMicah Richards has admitted that Pep Guardiola and Manchester City's decision to not sign a striker ahead of this season has proved the pundit wrong.Guardiola has made some unpopular decisions during his time at the club, including dropping Sergio Aguero and Joe Hart when he first arrived. However, the City boss has consistently been proven right throughout his City tenure, and this season, his managerial prowess has once again been highlighted.

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 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 inboxPep Guardiola called Tommy Doyle a 'special' player, but picked out an incident in Manchester City's win over Swansea as an area for improvement.Doyle, City's under-23 captain, started in the FA Cup fourth round tie at Cheltenham last month, and was included in the travelling party to face Swansea on Wednesday.

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 inboxManchester City prospect Taylor Harwood-Bellis has lifted the lid on his deadline day loan move to Blackburn Rovers.The 19-year-old defender has joined Blackburn for the remainder of the 2020-21 campaign.Harwood-Bellis has made eight senior appearances for City, including four this season, all coming in cup competitions.Now he has a chance to impress in the Championship following his arrival at Ewood Park just before the January transfer window closed.It seems Blackburn's

straight to your inboxPhil Foden wants to spend his whole career at Manchester City as he can't imagine himself playing for any other club.Foden first joined City, the club he has supported all his life, at the age of four and went on to graduate from the academy and become one of Pep Guardiola's most important players.After years of patient nurturing from the Blues boss, the 'Stockport Iniesta' is now enjoying his best season yet for the club, with nine goals and five assists in 27 appearances

straight to your inboxAs late as Saturday, Taylor Harwood-Bellis wasn't expecting to leave Manchester City on loan in the January transfer window. It had been made clear to a group of young Blues at the beginning of the month that they would all be staying with Pep Guardiola and his squad for the rest of the season because it was felt that their progression was best served staying in Manchester.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola has labelled Manchester City captain Fernandinho as an 'authentic leader' and believes he is a great example for Rodri to follow in the defensive-midfield position. Despite suffering an injury setback at the start of the season, Fernandinho, 35, has enjoyed a brilliant return to form in recent weeks which may lead to his contract, which is set to expire in the summer, be extended once again.

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 has taken a swipe at the pundits who wrote off his Manchester City team’s title chances.The Blues were not even in the conversation when they dropped to 13 following defeat at Tottenham in November, and were again dismissed after draws against West Brom and Manchester United the following month had followed a climb up to sixth.Since then they have won seven Premier League games on the bounce, and 11 in all competitions, to take over top spot from United, reach