'We miss just one to finish the full circle and have all the titles we can have,' says Guardiola.
Manchester City’s Spanish manager Pep Guardiola kisses Norwegian striker #09 Erling Haaland after winning the 2023 UEFA Super Cup football match against Sevilla at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus on Wednesday. boss after winning the club’s first UEFA Super Cup with a victory on penalties over Sevilla after a 1-1 draw in Athens.The European Champions had to come from behind after Youssef En-Nesyri’s towering first-half header gave the Spaniards the lead.
Should City win the Club World Cup in December, it would complete Guardiola’s honours list since arriving in England, which already includes five Premier League titles, four League Cups, two FA Cups and the club’s first Champions League.“We are really pleased for the club to win this,” Guardiola said. “We miss just one to finish the full circle and have all the titles we can have.”
A four-month absence for De Bruyne due to a serious hamstring injury has exacerbated the loss of firepower offered by Ilkay Gundogan and Riyad Mahrez since last season. But the Croatian international was beaten to Marcos Acuna’s cross by En-Nesyri, who bulleted a header in off the post. “When we had the chances to score the second goal, we didn’t take them,” said Sevilla boss Jose Luis Mendilibar.Mahrez’s departure has opened the door to City academy graduate Palmer to the first-team, and the England under-21 international, who also scored against Arsenal in the Community Shield, is taking his chance.
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