– ‘Amazing joy’ –
Their efforts also took City’s goal tally for the season to 101, an astonishing mark before the end of January, although Guardiola was conscious that his team missed a host of chances — Raheem Sterling in particular — and the manager warned they were chances which better teams would have punished his side for wasting.
“When you ask me what he (Sterling) can improve – that (finishing)!” said Guardiola, whose side remains in the hunt for an unprecedented quadruple of Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and Champions League titles in the one season.
3-0 what a great win tonight, let’s continue with this same mentality boys! #MCFC Congrats on your debut bro @Laporte ???? pic.twitter.com/ilTOh13w4d
— Raheem Sterling (@sterling7) January 31, 2018
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“When he is able to improve that he will be a top-class player, so I’m happy because today what I feel is this is one of the best performances we played this season.
“To play better than we played today is difficult but in knockout games, or cup finals, or Arsenal in the (League Cup) final, we need to be more clinical in front of goal or we will be in trouble.
“We create an amazing amount of joy — to watch these guys play, the joy they have to play in that way — but we miss a lot of chances and against the top teams it will be a problem if we are not able to improve.”