Sunday People

GUARDIOLA’S REDS ALERT

- By RICHARD TANNER at The Etihad Stadium

times out of four last dropped two at Wolves but season, including knocking in general performanc­es them out of the have been good. PEP GUARDIOLA Champions Lerague, while “The two games before rapped out a warning to City have won only once at the internatio­nal break will title rivals Liverpool by Anfield since 1981. be so important for us. claiming his Manchester But this display left With that spirit, the way City are playing even Guardiola confident ahead we play, everybody is better than last season. of a key week. City go to focused.

City go into the Hoffenheim before the trip “Liverpool beat us three showdown against their to Merseyside, aiming to times, which shows they bogey side at Anfield next get their Champions are a good side and at Sunday with Guardiola League campaign back on Anfield they scored a lot of delighted his champions course after the shock goals. They reached the have not let their home defeat to Lyon. Champions League final. standards slip following a Since then they have “With Manchester record-breaking campaign. bounced back with three United they are the most

Raheem Sterling scored wins, 10 goals and none historic team in England. the first and made the conceded, but Guardiola It is a long time since second for Sergio Aguero knows there are far stiffer Manchester City were able to seal a sixth win out of tests ahead. to win at Anfield.” seven in the Premier “Most of the time we are The only concern for League and extend playing even better than City is a heel injury which Brighton’s miserable away last season,” he said. could make Aguero (right record. “After the kind of season with Guardiola) a doubt

Liverpool beat we had, we had fears we for the midweek trip to Guardiola’s team three might drop points. We Germany. The nagging

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City ahead IT’S HEEM AGAIN: Raheem Sterling breaks the deadlock to put Manchester

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