It’s Impossible For Man City To Win Quadruple – Pep Guardiola

“The way we had to react was not easy, we were exhausted, we had a lot of young players, Danilo was playing at centre-back for the first time in his life”, said Guardiola. “Of course not. Come on, that isn’t real”.

In a historic encounter between two teams who had never before met in this competition, Bristol City welcomed Manchester United to the Ashton Gate Stadium.

But it was Claudio Bravo, who was the hero again.

The lead did not last long as Ibrahimovic put United level six minutes later with a fine free-kick from 25-yards out that sailed into the far corner, 1-1. “What is important is how we react, so what if it is a penalty or not a penalty”, Guardiola added.

Chelsea looked set to be comfortable winners over struggling Premier League opposition when Willian finished off a fine team move after just 13 minutes but Bournemouth rallied after the break.

“Championship teams are not just competitive teams any more as they also have a lot of quality, similar to Premier League teams so we are facing a hard opponent”. Silverware. Pep Guardiola’s side now have a chance at an early title and that can provide a lift for team morale when we arrive at the business end of the season.

Foxes boss Claude Puel, who was already without Wilfred Ndidi, who was banned for diving, insisted it was a penalty and claimed they should have a second for a challenge on Vardy in extra time.

“Obviously yesterday, in the EFL Cup, you could see they were missing players like [Kevin] De Bruyne in the middle, and I just think if they keep those key players fit they sky is the limit this season”.

Pep’s latest grand experiment is going so sweetly that City has not lost a domestic game since last season’s FA Cup semifinal with Arsenal and its only loss anywhere this term was at Shakhtar Donetsk in a dead UCL rubber for it.

Leicester gave as good as they got in the encounter, with subs Riyad Mahrez and Jamie Vardy both going close. We had more chances than the opponent to win the game. I don’t know if that’s only in England, but maybe in the whole of Europe.