PEP GUARDIOLA attempted to make a bet with Sky Sports after Manchester City’s thumping 4-1 win over Brighton yesterday.
The Premier League champions attacked at their fluid best, with Phil Foden in particular delivering another incredible performance.
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City lined up with Gabriel Jesus and Jack Grealish on the flanks and Foden playing down the middle – after failing to sign Harry Kane in the summer following Sergio Aguero’s exit.
Asked by Sky Sports’ Patrick Davison if City’s display proved that they didn’t actually need a new striker, because of their ‘extra fluidity’, Guardiola said: “Sky. I’m going to tell you something.
“When one day we are going to lose a game, you will ask me if I miss the striker.
“I bet you whatever you want.”
With a menacing he grin, he added: “I don’t buy this question, I’m sorry.”
Ilkay Gundogan opened the scoring, before a quickfire Foden double put rampant City 3-0 up after 31 minutes.
Brighton were better in the second half, and managed to pull a goal back through Alexis Mac Allister, before Riyad Mahrez added gloss to the scoreline in stoppage time.
On Foden specifically, Guardiola told the BBC: “In the final third he can play up front, has the quality to move and be aggressive one on one and arrive in the box.
“He can play as a false nine, a winger, wide right or wide left.
“He is a guy who is a midfield player with a big sense of the goal. He is still young and still has a margin to improve.”
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