Pep Guardiola has put his players through their paces in Manchester City’s pre season tour of Asia where they played a total of four matches. They got three wins and one penalty loss to Wolves on their tour.
We got to see a mixture of youth and experience in the line-ups selected by Pep Guardiola, with many of the players busy with international commitments as the Copa America and African Cup Of Nations were due this summer.
The youth players played with confidence and composure as they combined well with some of the established members. Taylor Harwood-Bellis in particular impressed at centre-back aged just 17 confidently playing out from the back.
We also got our first looks of new signings Rodri and Angelino. Rodri looked right in place with him breaking up opposition attacks and recycling possession. Angelino struggled a little in defense but that’s what pre season is for.
In the last two matches we got a greater idea of how the team would look in the coming matches. With a match coming against Liverpool in the FA community shield we would try to get into Pep’s Mind and predict his line up (Impossible task!).
