Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, said, he has no problems with his players “except Kevin de Bruyne” who has been away from action due to injury.
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| Brighton and Hove Albion manager, Roberto de Zerbi, and Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola |
The Spanish manager also disclosed, he is not certain when the Belgian midfield maestro will return to action for the English Kings.
Manchester City will welcome Brighton and Hove Albion in the Premier League 2023/24 match on Saturday 21 October, 2023 at the Etihad Stadium at 15:00.
On Ballon d’Or, Guardiola said, “Haaland should win” because “he scored 50 goals and we won the treble”.
Manchester City emerged extremely successful in the 2022/23 season, clinching a treble – Premier League 2022/23, EFL Cup 2022/23 and the Uefa Champions League 2022/23.
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| Manchester City Belgian midfielder, Kevin de Bruyne |
On injury update, in a press conference ahead of the Premier League 2023/24 match between Manchester City and Brighton, Guardiola said: “All good. No problems. Except Kevin [De Bruyne]… I don’t know [when he will be back].”
On the topflight encounter agaisnt Brighton, Gardiola said: “We don’t play similarly. They [Brighton] are unique in how they play. But we have some patterns, we are aggressive without the ball, high pressing, we want the ball like they do but the way they play is unique.”
On Norwegian striker, Erling Braut Haaland, winning Ballon d’Or, Guardiola said: “[Erling] Haaland should win, yes. We won the treble and he scored 50 goals but of course, Messi, the worst season of Messi is the best of the rest. They both deserve it. I would say I want Erling because he helped us achieve what we have, I would love it but they [Argentina] won the World Cup.”
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