Pep Guardiola claims the hunger proven by his Manchester City gamers up to now this season has amazed him.
After the draining finish to the treble-winning 2022-23 marketing campaign, there have been fears City may very well be off the tempo come the start of the new time period.
Any drop in power ranges, nonetheless, appears to have been greater than compensated for by a powerful want and focus, even after the loss of key gamers.
On Saturday, City adopted up their European Super Cup overcome Sevilla in Athens three days beforehand by beating Newcastle to take care of their profitable start within the Premier League.
“We are who we are,” mentioned City supervisor Guardiola. “(There are) quite a bit of younger gamers on the bench and that’s the distinction – the fellows who wish to be listed here are right here. The distinction is all the time right here (coronary heart) – at the highest of our our bodies.
“The folks reply as a result of they see nonetheless we’re there and I prefer it. We gained already one title and we’re six factors from six, we’ve scored objectives we don’t concede many possibilities.
“When you see that after what we’ve got executed, what are you able to say? Apart from thanks my associates, I like you a lot.
“When you have that it is because a team is so special. Otherwise we cannot do what we have done for many years, it’s impossible. Saturday amazed me and made me happy.”
City have misplaced influential playmaker Kevin De Bruyne to an damage that might sideline him for as much as 5 months whereas John Stones and Bernardo Silva had been additionally absent at the weekend.
With Ilkay Gundogan and Riyad Mahrez having left over the summer season, and Aymeric Laporte one other attainable departure, Guardiola’s squad is taking over a unique form.
Guardiola mentioned: “Over the next one or two months the club have to take some important decisions with the squad. We didn’t expect (the situation) with Kevin and we didn’t expect with Riyad.”
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