As more is said about Celtic’s win over Man City on the US Tour, Joleon Lescott says that some players on Pep Guardiola’s team will have learned from it. Celtic fans were raving about Nicolas Kuhn after their 4-3 win because the German winger caused a lot of trouble for Man City’s defense in the first half.
Also, Matt O’Riley played well and set up three of Celtic’s goals. Kyogo Furuhashi scored his first goal on the US Tour with a brilliant run past the City defense, which is what he does best. Celtic played very well, and Pep Guardiola praised their “quality.” However, some City players had a “experience” that Joleon Lescott, a former defender, says they will never have had before. Man City had to play at their “highest level” against Celtic. Even though he was sad that City lost to Celtic, the former England defender said that some of their players would have learned from Celtic’s “tactical ability” in the game.
Lescott told Man City TV, “It’s not about how well they do; it’s about how much they learn, and sometimes you learn more from bad things.
“That they’ve been able to play against different people is important, and for many of them, this will be the most important competitive opponent they’ve ever faced.So far, they haven’t seen all of these things in one game, whether it’s speed, technical skill, or understanding of the game.
To sum up, it’s a huge learning curve that they should hopefully treasure and use to realize they still have a long way to go as people.
Winning against a team as good as Man City in a preseason friendly is still a big deal, even though it was just a friendly. After Erling Haaland, who also played in the game, Oscar Bobb is one of the best players to come out of Norway.
Pep Guardiola started Kalvin Phillips and Jack Grealish for City as he gave some important first-team players and some young youth players a chance to play.
Brendan Rodgers was very happy with how Celtic played against the elite teams in the Premier League. He will be looking for the same against Chelsea when the two teams meet in Indiana in a few days.
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