City boss Pep ‘wishes extra’ from stars Grealish and De Bruyne

Pep Guardiola has known as on Jack Grealish and Kevin De Bruyne to increase their performances to new heights as Manchester City battle to haul the Premier compact title.

Grealish and De Bruyne equally scored in Wednesday’s necessary 3-1 win at Arsenal as City moved above the Gunners into first place on objective big difference. excepting, with no margin for error of their bid to carry off Arsenal, Guardiola believes England ahead Grealish and Belgium midfielder De Bruyne have much more to offer. Grealish has excelled for City because the universe Cup break, producing his optimum run of variety after a frustrating time since becoming a member of from Aston Villa in 2021.

“Obviously he’s playing really good. I’m not talking about the decision-making, but more about his ambition and aggression to point to the opponent, to attack the back line,” Guardiola informed reporters on Friday. “The quality was always there but his commitment to take risks and make important decisions, makes the difference. But he has to continue.”

De Bruyne has located it tougher to supply his traditional masterful monitor this time period, along with his objective at Arsenal solely the fourth time he has scored inside the present marketing campaign. Guardiola is inspired by De Bruyne’s latest efforts on the other hand, saying: “Kevin is playing really good, too. It’s like Jack, I’m so pleased for everyone, but I want more. “I had the sensation Kevin can do extra, and Jack can do extra. They could do enhanced. “We have tough, aggressive opponents (to play). We need the players who have the feeling we can do better.”

Notwithstanding City have overhauled Arsenal to take pole location inside the title race, Guardiola believes Mikel Arteta’s males are nonetheless favourites. City have the momentum after trailing Arsenal by eight factors final month, however Guardiola pointed to the Gunners’ recreation in hand as a key component. “Arsenal still have a game in hand, so nothing has changed much,” Guardiola pronounced forward of Saturday’s journey to Nottingham Forest.

“When you are a lot of points in front or a lot of points behind, yes there is a big difference, but we are tight. “Momentum is while you win 10 video games in a row and it did not come about this season. We misplaced three video games in the past in London towards Tottenham.” Beating Arsenal was a announcement of intent from City as they chase a fifth English title in six seasons.

excepting Guardiola was simply relieved to see City exhibit they may be nonetheless hungry for silverware after such a lot success lately. “We wanted to arrive with 15 games left to be close, and we want to arrive at the last eight or 10 games being there close to the top,” he pronounced. “We are in the position I would have dreamed of at the beginning of the season. I could not expect to be a lot of points in front after winning back to back. That’s almost impossible.”