Riyad Mahrez praised the City’s fighting spirit after a late flurry of goals that saw Guardiola’s men deservedly beat Wolves 4-1.
Match report
21, a magic number
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Although City dominated the first hour of the game, we couldn’t build anything after our first goal on the scoreboard in the 15th minute, an own goal by Leander Dendoncker.
And the visiting team started to level the score after passing the hour on the minute hand with a header from Conor Coady, creating a 15-minute dream in which Nuno Espirito Santo’s men got into the game with force and some indecision.
But City weathered the storm, and thanks to a low goal from Gabriel Jesus and a measured shot from Mahrez In the final ten minutes, we extended our winning streak to 21.
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Reflecting on his performance, the Algerian was convinced that we would have found our way back into the game, despite the setback and only 30 minutes from the end.
“We finished well, we never gave up, we kept pushing and creating opportunities until we scored.
“Sometimes you can have the ball 95% of the time, but you have to shoot, and we didn’t do it in the first half, so you always leave an opportunity for the opponent to attack.
“(But) the last ten minutes were very good, we scored and finished the game. We are very happy and we keep moving forward. “
City struggled to get back into play after the Wolves tying goal, and Mahrez he was proud of the character of the team.
Although they were very animated on the field, the Algerian also insisted that the players have an acute competitiveness, which benefits the team.
He said: “We complement each other very well, it is the only way to improve the level of the team.
“We have to go game by game and see what happens, because next is the derby, we need to be focused to try to win this game.”
As our Algerian midfielder mentioned, City are back in action on Sunday afternoon, now the goal is the Manchester derby at the Etihad.
Due to the tight match schedule, rotation is key to keeping players fresh and motivated as the end of the season approaches, and Pep Guardiola made six changes heading into the Wolves game from the team that beat West Ham last weekend.
Y Mahrez He firmly believes that every player on the team makes a difference when they cross the white line.
“Sometimes it is difficult when we change to six or seven, but the quality of each player is very good,” he explained.
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