Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola has come out to say that Aymeric Laporte has to force his way back into the team. Pep recently revealed that the Spanish defender will need to rediscover his best form and prove that he is ready to start games again.
According to him, it all depends on Laporte because he definitely has the quality to be a starter at Manchester City.
He added that the ex Bilbao CB is surely they best left-sided defender the Blues have, and he has a special quality with the ball.
His words, “It depends on him, the quality is there,”
“[He has to] be in top form and have his mind open. He’s the best left-sided defender [we have], he has special quality with the ball.
“He has to be focused to come back in the best condition possible and he will get his minutes. After, it depends on his performance like it depends on the form of everyone.”
“It would be good news – we need him, [like] we need [Nathan] Ake, Eric [Garcia],”
“We have been really good [in defence] except in the game against Leicester [a 5-2 loss] at the start of the season.”
“Many things help [you] to be champions but if one or two of these drop a little bit then it’s difficult to do it. You need to be good in set pieces, up front, defensively, in the transitions: many aspects are needed, private life of the players, the physical form, being in a good mood.
“The only concern is Villa. We don’t know which players will be available tomorrow. We’ll see in the line-up. But the quality they’ve shown this season compared to last season is incredible.
“More than the good results is the performances. It’s only a concern but if you are able to win five in a row, then you can lose three in a row. The next one is the most important and that is Aston Villa.”
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