Manchester City forward Antoine Semenyo has hailed Pep Guardiola for giving him the freedom to create chaos. The Ghanaian international was the hero at Wembley as City secured a domestic cup double with a narrow victory over Chelsea in the FA Cup final.
Admitting that he had to improvise to score the stunning back-heel against the Blues, Semenyo stated that it feels exciting to finally be playing for a top team.
The former Bournemouth forward added that competing for trophies still feels completely new to him.
His words, “Everything happened so fast to be honest. It came straight to me and I had to improvise myself as quickly as I can. It has happened a couple of times in training – it happened perfectly today. It is a good finish, I can’t lie. As a kid I have always wanted to be playing for the top teams – it took a long time to get there, but I am grateful.
The first thing he [Pep Guardiola] said to me when I came was ‘don’t change your game’. He knows we control the game a lot, he still wants me to be me, still create a bit of chaos.
I have never competed for trophies like this before, so everything is new to me. Hopefully, we can finish the job off.
I don’t think there will be much celebrations tonight it is getting ready for Tuesday.”
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Pep Guardiola Sala is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who is currently managing Premier League club Manchester City. Guardiola is the only manager to win the continental treble twice, the youngest to win the UEFA Champions League, and he also holds the records for the most consecutive league games won in La Liga, the Bundesliga, and the Premier League. He is considered to be one of the greatest managers of all time.
Guardiola has played for and advocated on behalf of the Catalonia football team. Between 1995 and 2005, he played seven friendly games for Catalonia.
Under Guardiola’s predecessor Frank Rijkaard, Barcelona were known for a 4–3–3 with plenty of flair with Ronaldinho being the centre point of the attack. Under Guardiola, however, the team became more disciplined with a greater focus on possession and a disciplined and aggressive pressing style.
Guardiola was born to Dolors and Valentí. He has two older sisters and a younger brother, Pere, a football agent. He is an atheist. Guardiola met his wife Cristina Serra when he was 18. They married on 29 May 2014.
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