Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has said he is grateful to have Benjamin Mendy back, after admitting that he struggled to replace the defender when he was injured last season.
Mendy only featured in seven games, before he picked up a serious knee injury.
The France international has hit the ground running in 2018/2019, with three assists in his first two games.
“We could not demand Fabian Delph and Oleksandr Zinchenko do what Benjamin Mendy does, in terms of going up and down the wing, attacking space and having his physicality because they have different physical conditions.
“We saw it [Mendy’s quality] in Monaco in France, his quality to go forward. When a player has this quality, we have to use it, because it’s his ability to create problems.
“Last season we adapted the way we defended, used Fabien and Zinchenko, but we didn’t have another option last season. That’s why speaking about tactics you first have to speak about the quality of the players and how they move with their team-mates for the way we want to play,” Guardiola told Sky Sports.
Komentarze