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pep guardiola He is preparing his Manchester City team for one of the toughest away assignments this season Aston Villa,
City faces Unai Emery’s team villa Park will be hoping to extend their unbeaten run to nine matches in all competitions on Sunday.
City’s consecutive Premier League defeats to Tottenham and Brighton in August now seem largely behind them, but Guardiola is concerned about the Villa team’s improvement after their slow start.
The City manager said: “They were much better than us in the last two games we played Villa Parkmuch improved. Hopefully it will be different on Sunday.
“The admiration I have for Yuni is enormous. He’s incredible, so consistent and well-prepared, very smart.
“They are not in the Champions League for one point this season. For me, this is a Champions League team.
“Last year he caused a lot of problems against Champions League champions PSG.
“They are very well organized with quality. They have everything. It is one of our toughest games of the season.”
City are again without the influential Rodri as he recovers from a hamstring injury.
His deputy Nico Gonzalez will also be assessed after suffering a foot injury against Villarreal in the Champions League on Tuesday.
Striker Erling Haaland will be hoping to extend his run of goals in his last 12 games for club and country.
captain Bernardo Silva He believes City are now starting to find their rhythm, but warns that a good month does not make a good season.
The Portuguese said: “We have found our rhythm a little bit better. We have found stability at the back and that gives the players up front more freedom to play in a different way.
“We are happy with the pace but there is still a long way to go. It’s only been a month since we were quite good.
“If we want to be successful this season, we need to keep it like this for more than just a month.”