Pep Guardiola is excited for Erling Haaland to turn the similar edge within the Premier League fit at Chelsea on Thursday as he did throughout the draw with Everton on Saturday.
The Manchester City striker’s frustration at an early Ben Godfrey problem was extra markedly pronounced when fouled once more by means of different Everton avid gamers and he used to be later booked for a scything problem on Vitaliy Mykolenko.
Guardiola used to be requested if he could be asking the 22-year-old ahead to turn a better level of self-restraint. “I like it, the extra limit,” stated the chief. “Not simply him, everybody. His habits – you all the time have to make use of [the head], But play with this pastime. That is essential. I choose that than to be flat. Strikers need to deal with difficult, difficult central defenders. It’s essential.
“Tomorrow [at Chelsea] he’s going to have a combat with [Kalidou] Koulibaly and Thiago Silva. It’s all the time a large problem and that is the reason why the Premier League is so particular.”
Arsenal’s draw with Newcastle offers City the chance to close the gap back to five points if they beat Chelsea, while a victory would also extend their lead over third-placed Newcastle and Manchester United in fourth to four points.
Guardiola claimed that Arsenal and United can benefit from the lack of expectation that is placed upon City. “The good thing about Arsenal and Manchester United presently is no person has to win the Premier League for 20 issues forward in November like Man City need to – and that is once in a while a large downside,” he said. “I’ve said many times I can’t answer [who will win the title] – but when you play [them] the smell of the history of Arsenal has to be there.
“And with Arsenal winning all their games and you [City] are eight points behind, it can happen. But at the same time, I see the way we played the last games, and the feeling is good. Maybe we play [badly] at Chelsea but the feeling is good. My target always as a manager is to try and play better than the opponent, be yourself and be better than the opponent, and after if you concede one shot and they score and we can’t score you have to accept it and move forward.
“But what I want to see is us still fight, don’t give up, not now, until the last chance, until the last drop of water we can fight to win the Premier League and the moment we are not able to win the Premier League we have to be ready to compete next season. This is when teams are really good.
Guardiola suggested Kyle Walker may make his first start since the World Cup at Chelsea. “Yesterday [Tuesday] He made the first good training session since coming back. He had niggles and some problems and could not train. Yesterday was the first time I saw the Kyle I know,” the town supervisor stated.
“He did not play for a very long time with us. Since the final 30, 34 video games, he performed I feel 11. We want him. Rico [Lewis] isn’t going to resolve the issues, he’s going to lend a hand us. We know what Kyle can do.