RESOLVING THE LEDGER
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See the full story · 1 sourcesEnzo Maresca spoke to BBC Match of the Day after Manchester City's victory against Bournemouth: "Happy first of all because we won the game. I think it was actually a game we deserved to win early because we controlled the game and we created chances. Before the goal we conceded we had three or four clear chances and we missed. We conceded and it became more complicated but overall I think it was a game we completely deserved to win.
"Today we had four or five players that arrived very late, 10 days ago. For them it is still almost pre-season. Erling [Haaland] is one of them, Elliot [Anderson], Marc Guehi, Nico O'Reilly, you know, we had four or five. It's complicated for them but they have made a huge effort to help the team. Even Marc Guehi has never played as a midfielder, today he was very good, so I am happy with the effort from the players.
"Sometimes you visualise things. I know Marc from Palace and I always thought he could play as a midfielder because he is very good. So we tried it for a few days and I think he was quite good.
"This is what we need. We need the first XI starting in the right way and we need the other five changes going in the right way. Today the five changes I think they were very good."
On Manchester City agreeing a deal for Ayyoub Bouaddi: "I will speak now with the club after the press conference."
On any other new signings: "We will see, it's eight days to go. For sure something is going to happen."
Josko Gvardiol spoke to MOTD: "We did well. There was a lot of chances we created early on before they even got the first goal. After, I feel like it was a good reaction. I'm super proud of everyone and proud of the fans for sticking with us. That's the spirit we need to have every single game, right until the end until the referee blows his whistle."
Has he played in midfield before? "Not often. But I enjoyed it today. I enjoyed it simply because I got so much help from so many people. When you have that you feel comfortable to just go out and play and do what you can for the team."
On missing one headed chance but scoring another: "That's life. Sometimes it's really good, sometimes it's not really good. When things don't go your way you have to just keep going. That was the theme of today, keep going right until the end.
"We play for Manchester City, there's always going to be scrutiny whether we win or lose, there's always going to be something. We're not daft, we understand there is a lot of change at the football club. A new manager, a lot of important players have left, a lot of new players are coming in. The most important thing is that we keep our standards high. We know the expectation we have."
Did you know?
Manchester City have won on matchday one in 15 of the last 16 Premier League seasons, failing only in 2021-22 (0-1 defeat v Tottenham Hotspur).
City won this game despite trailing in the 84th minute – the latest they have trailed a Premier League home game that they went on to win since the final day of their title-winning 2011-12 campaign against QPR (trailing in 92nd min).
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