Pep Guardiola went out of his way to praise the 29-year-old's resurgence, insisting that the Blues' historic run would be impossible without him Up until Friday, Nicolas Otamendi had been known as ‘The General’. He has now graduated to the somewhat rarer rank of ‘Superman’. Pep Guardiola’s most enlightening comments usually come not when he is pressed for an answer, but when he has something he wants to say. On Friday, when asked for a John Stones fitness update, the Manchester City boss made one of his familiar segues. “John’s return is huge news for us because we have a Superman in the team,” he said. “Nico Otamendi helped us absolutely… without Nico it would not be possible to do what we have done.” Guardiola is usually reluctant to single out his players for praise at all, but here he was fulsome. “Everybody speaks about a lot of players, like Raheem, like Kevin, like David, like Sergio, and they deserve it, but if I would like to ...
Manchester City racked up a 17th consecutive Premier League victory after Sergio Aguero’s 100th and 101st Etihad Stadium goals inspired a 4-0 win over Bournemouth on Monday. Aguero scored twice and set up Raheem Sterling as Pep Guardiola’s side made it 18 wins and one draw in the first half of the season and provisionally opened a 14-point lead at the top of the table. In other major events of the match day, England international, Harry Kane equaled the record for Premier League goals in a calendar year with a hat-trick in a 3-0 win at Burnley. That result lifted Tottenham Hotspur to fifth place, while third-place Chelsea drew 0-0 at Everton. Hailing Aguero, Guardiola said: “He is a special player, a legend, and I am so happy when he plays good and he is scoring goals.” City are now two wins off the record for consecutive victories in Europe’s top five leagues, which was set by Guardiola’s Bayern Munich in 2013-14. The Citizens are first team to score 100 goals in the Engl...
The Nigeria international won his first top-flight title with the Blues and has stated that the feat is the greatest for him this year Chelsea’s Victor Moses has declared that his biggest achievement this year is winning the English Premier League title. The 27-year-old played a crucial role as a right wing-back to help Chelsea to their sixth top-flight diadem. Moses who marked his 100th appearance for the Stamford Bridge outfit on Boxing Day against Brighton and Hove Albion pinpointed the League title prize as the 'most important' achievement for him in 2017. "Winning the league is the most important one," Moses told club website. “It is not easy to win the Premier League and doing that this year is a massive achievement for me, for the lads, for every single one of us at the club and I was very delighted. "It really means a lot. It is a lot of games and it is good for me to make 100 appearances for a great club like Chelsea. ...
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