Sheffield United had energy and drive; not one of their players looks at the manager and says they can't give him another ounce.
But Guardiola's team faced a Brighton side full of confidence, having won their last two games at Arsenal and Tottenham, as they frustrated City in the first half.
He is one of the top strikers in England, an England international who regularly played in the Euros, the interim Manchester United manager said.
That was the final goal of the afternoon, as County took three points that saw them off the bottom of the Premiership for the first time since October.
Manchester City stretched the gap back to 12 points at the top of the Premier League with a 4-0 victory over Norwich with Raheem Sterling scoring a perfect hat-trick.
The first incident saw Wahbi Khazri wriggle his way into the box, but the ball was taken off him with a good challenge by Soumailia Ouattara. However, Khazri was caught badly with the follow through from the tackle, with the referee being told by the VAR to go to the monitor to watch the replay. Ouattara got the ball, and the collision between the two was unfortunate. The decision to award the penalty was not given in the end, to the Stallions' relief.
The impressive De Bruyne and Phil Foden were withdrawn in the second period in what seemed to be an attempt to keep them fresh for Tuesday's visit of Atletico Madrid in the Champions League quarter-final first leg.
You haven't really got time to be disappointed (by the decision). It's about preparing the team, preparing for the game.
But it was Phil Foden who really caught the eye at the Estadio Nacional, deployed in a deeper midfield role, drawing comparisons to NFL quarterback Tom Brady from Sky Sports pundit Roy Keane.
He enjoyed a fruitful period at the Spanish side, scoring 100 times in 230 appearances in all competitions and won the Europa League with the club in 2010 in addition to the UEFA Super Cup.
There have been some great players but forwards are judged on goals, and there's nobody who could touch him, Hurst told the PA news agency in February 2020.
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Ghana and Leicester City defender Daniel Amartey brought the ball down in the opposition box from an out-swinging corner and looked well-positioned to fire a shot towards goal from point-blank range.
He's the captain, he's on big wages and he needs to lead by example. This has happened too many times.
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In the 58 seconds between the equaliser and the kick-off, the United players went through all kinds of emotions. Beckham “felt like crying”; Solskjaer was chuffed because he would get to play another 30 minutes in a European Cup final; a shattered Butt started running round to try to get the blood going in his legs. Sheringham looked up, trying to comprehend the vastness of the stadium, the occasion and what he had just done. As he did so, Schmeichel ran back to his goal. When he got there he started breathing demonstratively in an attempt to focus and get his pulse down. He needn’t have bothered. He’d already had his last touch of the ball as a Manchester United player.
THE SUN Barcelona have tabled fresh terms to Ousmane Dembele and are increasingly confident the Newcastle United and Manchester United target will stay at the Nou Camp.
With season tickets up for renewal, fans grumbling and attendances modest, Hibs cannot afford to fall apart again at Hampden.
“Then he would just go and get his boots and his ball and before I’d get to the car, he would be there and I’d have to take him with me. He’s just always loved football.”
I hope it makes an impact that ripples into other football clubs and inspires other collaboration ideas, and investment in practical things to help young people, whether that's football pitches, or youth centres like the one I went to in Forest Gate where I played sport and where I actually fell in love with film.
By the time those fateful last games kicked-off, Rams players had been on the Spanish island of Majorca for days sunning themselves and celebrating what had been their best season for nearly a quarter of a century - even if they missed out on the title.
Rashford was United's main man on the left-wing last season - making 23 out of his 37 league appearances on that flank - but he has now lost that position.
On-loan midfielder Riley McGree's dipping volley was Birmingham's best effort of the opening 45 minutes while Coventry found their feet after the opening quarter of an hour.
After taking the applause of the home fans as he made his way to the dugout, it didn't take Gerrard long to be claiming for every free-kick, booking or penalty that it was possible for his side to get in a first half of limited chances.
I think the FA is in contact and yes I hope that all the stakeholders will be asked and that they will take some advice from them and I think coaches with international experience are also stakeholders and we should be part of that discussion too, and we know the players also.
There are certain games that seem more important, that you might have a better chance in, he tells Sky Sports.
“We scored three goals! That is different to Friday. The second one that was disallowed, the linesman flagged foul but 10 seconds after that incident. This was a very soft decision I must say,” he said after the match.
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The former Chelsea boss added: I don't understand why someone wants to try to create a problem with me. Not only me but also in the past.
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Such is Kane's creative influence from deep, Wayne Rooney believes he can break the all-time Premier League assist record.
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There were 31 shots in their fixture with Newcastle and the Toffees managed 21 shots on their own in the win over Leeds.
Andrea Pirlo is unflappable, Cristiano Ronaldo is a scary machine, and Gianluigi Buffon never has a day off.
I thought back this week to the night I attended an awards ceremony in 2019, and the words of the former Premier League player sat next to me as we watched Arsenal’s Vivianne Miedema crowned Women’s Player of the Year. Miedema, he said, as the montage of her 22 Women’s Super League goals played on the big screen and the Dutch forward skirted through defences with her trademark insouciance. Never heard of her.
Sacchi's Milan, winners of back-to-back European Cups in 1989 and 1990, showed the power of collective brilliance over a reliance on individuals.
Brazil had lost to Paraguay the last two times the teams met in the Copa America quarter-finals, in 2011 and 2015, both times in penalty shootouts.
The Reds then have two Premier League matches in three days, while Klopp is also worried about facing Shrewsbury in the FA Cup in January because of the
I didn't expect us to play at that level after only one-and-a-half training days together with them.
There are a lot of negatives about social media, you can also spread positivity and acceptance. The acceptance has removed some of the fear. It has fully flipped on its head. The minority are the racists, are the homophobes and the sexists.
There were already reports earlier in the week regarding whether Erik ten Hag was going to be offered a contract and I suspect what we'll see after that performance today is a PR spike this week whereby the next manager might be named and it wouldn't surprise me.
Conor Gallagher became the 50th player to make his debut under this England manager when he came on for the second half and came ever so close to scoring when his shot hit the foot of the post.
Having upset the odds to win the FA Cup for the first time in their history last season, Leicester City can be backed at 14/1 (15.0) to make lightning strike twice by retaining their trophy this season. Out of the Europa League and EFL Cup, and enduring a difficult campaign in the Premier League, Brendan Rodgers' team will be focusing plenty of attention on cup success this year.
Honestly, I think it is not right to speak about these type of situations because I think everyone is the owner of his gesture, you understand?
We are rightly proud of our away support and we want it to be noticed for positive reasons. For most of the game at Anfield our fans gave superb backing to a great team performance.
We are the hunters now - we have to chase every game and we have to treat every game like a final now. Tuchel: It's a big win but demands 'not fair' on COVID-hit squad Thomas Tuchel praised Lukaku's performance after the game - but says it was not ideal to play him, with the striker only just getting over COVID.
Although the offside trap is one of Liverpool's strength as it suffocates teams, it can also be their weakness - as shown perfectly by West Ham in their 3-2 victory.
But a deeper look at the statistics shows a lot more than just some reliable stand-in cameo displays.
