Pep Guardiola surprised by his Man City 'supermen' at Bournemouth
manchestereveningnews.co.ukManchester City manager Pep Guardiola spoke of the pride in his players after their 1-0 win over Bournemouth. The Premier League champions were pushed to the limit by Andono Iraola's side but held on to claim a 15th win in 17 games in all competitions that keeps their hopes of an unlikely defence of their Treble alive heading into March.
Guardiola admitted he kept waiting for the levels of his players to drop but they had proved him wrong. "I adore them and they are Supermen," he said. "The sentence is clear enough and I don't have to elaborate much.
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You always believe they will fall down or continue to do it and they surprise me every time. I tell them that is not normal for many years every three days. "Bournemouth had seven days training every day to beat the best team in the world and we had three days.
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