City getting back to their best: Guardiola
Feb 11, 2017 - 1:17 PM Pep Guardiola feels Manchester City have produced much more of the football he requires in recent weeks.City are unbeaten in four games since suffering a damaging 4-0 loss at Everton last month.
In two of those games they were convincing, beating Crystal Palace in the FA Cup and West Ham in the Premier League 3-0 and 4-0 respectively.
They were also highly impressive before being forced to settle for a draw against Tottenham, and dominant even though they required a late winner to beat Swansea.
The sequence is much more reminiscent of the free-flowing attacking style that underpinned their 10-game winning start to the campaign than their disjointed form of the autumn.
"When I see the first half against Swansea it is what I want," Guardiola said. "We monopolised the ball, we arrive six, seven, eight times to the by-line.
"We did not create too many chances because it is so difficult with 10 players there and there was a big difference in the second half from the first, so we need more consistency.
"But since Tottenham at home, West Ham and Crystal Palace, I think we are more stable, we control more."
Top scorer Sergio Aguero has not started any of the last three games while new signing Gabriel Jesus has taken the chance to shine.
Goalkeeper Claudio Bravo has also been dropped while another recent recruit, Nolito, seems to have fallen out of favour too.
But Guardiola insists all players remain in his thoughts.
"I am concerned thinking about the next game," the Spaniard, whose side travel to Bournemouth on Monday, said. "I am not thinking too much about individual players.
"I think about the next game, our rhythm, our way to play that has been much better in the last period and try to help the players to be ready. We will need all of them."
Source: AAP
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