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Pep Guardiola opened up his Premier League account with the full three points in his opening game at home to Sunderland. While Manchester City dominated the game with 77% possession they found promising chances hard to come by only taking the victory thanks to an unfortunate Paddy McNair own goal, four minutes into his debut.
Here's four things we learnt from the match!
4. Manchester City Will Only Improve Under Guardiola...But it Will Take Time
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| 4 Things We Learnt From Pep Guardiola's Fortuitous Victory Over Sunderland |
It may only be the first match of the season, but looking at the things it is almost certain Manchester City will improve under Pep, as he attempts to take them from an expensive team to an elite team.
City may have only just won the match, but it wouldn't be surprising if this is one of the sides worst performances of the season even though they won. Yes it's the points that count, but the building blocks are in place to advance.
Manchester City dominated with 77% possession, I know it's only Sunderland, but it will form the building blocks to bring success providing he can tactically set them up to make to most of that possession as has done with Barcelona and Bayern, but with the current City side it seems it may take time to transition to Pep's style based on how wasteful they were.
City may have only just won the match, but it wouldn't be surprising if this is one of the sides worst performances of the season even though they won. Yes it's the points that count, but the building blocks are in place to advance.
Manchester City dominated with 77% possession, I know it's only Sunderland, but it will form the building blocks to bring success providing he can tactically set them up to make to most of that possession as has done with Barcelona and Bayern, but with the current City side it seems it may take time to transition to Pep's style based on how wasteful they were.
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| Sunderland Captain |
3. It Will Be a Hard Loss for Sunderland and David Moyes to Take
The defeat will be hard to take for David Moyes and Sunderland. Yes it's always painful to lose to an own-goal, but even more so for the Blackcats because it was by one of the players brought on to consolidate their point.
The loss seems even worse after watching the back four and those just in-front work tirelessly all game to keep the endless attacks at bay and they did well mainly limiting City to only half chances apart from those they scored from.
The defeat will be hard to take for David Moyes and Sunderland. Yes it's always painful to lose to an own-goal, but even more so for the Blackcats because it was by one of the players brought on to consolidate their point.
The loss seems even worse after watching the back four and those just in-front work tirelessly all game to keep the endless attacks at bay and they did well mainly limiting City to only half chances apart from those they scored from.
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| Joe Hart was dropped to the bench and replaced by Willy Caballero |
2. Guardiola Isn't Afraid to Drop Big Names
Shock news came prior to kick off when first choice keeper for City and England last season Joe Hart was dropped to the bench and replaced by Willy Caballero.
It is no doubt the result of an abysmal European Championship for Hart, but also that he doesn't suit Guardiola's style in terms of his distribution and is hence why he is looking to bring a new goalie to the Etihad before the transfer window slams shut.
In addition to Hart being dropped was Yaya Toure's omission from the match-day squad showing that Pep isn't afraid to drop big names, which can only mean everyone else steps up so they don't see the axe.
Shock news came prior to kick off when first choice keeper for City and England last season Joe Hart was dropped to the bench and replaced by Willy Caballero.
It is no doubt the result of an abysmal European Championship for Hart, but also that he doesn't suit Guardiola's style in terms of his distribution and is hence why he is looking to bring a new goalie to the Etihad before the transfer window slams shut.
In addition to Hart being dropped was Yaya Toure's omission from the match-day squad showing that Pep isn't afraid to drop big names, which can only mean everyone else steps up so they don't see the axe.
1. Moyes Can Take Sunderland to the Next Level
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| David Moyes looks like he may finally be the man to take Sunderland |
David Moyes looks like he may finally be the man to take Sunderland to the next level and away from the constant relegation scraps after not having the same manager at the start of the season as at the end for seven years.
Yes it's early days, but Moyes has set up his side very defensively as they were unlucky not take a point purely based on their relentless defending that kept City on the same level for the majority of the match.
Providing he can keep the squad in shape to produce that consistently this season and keep Jermain Defoe on goal-scoring form it's hard not to see him taking the Blackcats away from the relegation scrap every year.
Yes it's early days, but Moyes has set up his side very defensively as they were unlucky not take a point purely based on their relentless defending that kept City on the same level for the majority of the match.
Providing he can keep the squad in shape to produce that consistently this season and keep Jermain Defoe on goal-scoring form it's hard not to see him taking the Blackcats away from the relegation scrap every year.
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