Manchester City grabbed their first three points of the new season on Sunday by beating Chelsea 2-0 away from home.
Erling Haaland opened the scoring at Stamford Bridge in the first half before Mateo Kovacic bagged a second-half strike against his old side to help City secure the victory.
This has since led to one pundit and former top-flight star making a claim regarding which particular City figure he thinks is the main reason why this victory happened.
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Jermain Defoe praises Pep Guardiola after Man City’s win at Chelsea
Speaking in a recent edition of The Weekend Wrap by Premier League Productions (via Optus Sport), Jermain Defoe had this to say about City’s win at Stamford Bridge and who he thinks deserves to take the credit for it.
He said: “I think it’s all credit to the manager. We all know that he is the best and they are the team to beat. It’s those consistent messages, the players know once you’re in the team you know your role.
“Those players who were missing today, a lot of teams would’ve struggled without those players, but City just looked comfortable.”
Guardiola and City had the perfect start with Chelsea win
Looking back over the game on Sunday, City only had 52% possession and registered just one more shot at goal than Enzo Maresca’s side (11 vs 10).
Despite that, the Citizens still managed to earn themselves an overall team rating of 7.33/10 from SofaScore, which is significantly higher than the rating of 6.74/10 that Chelsea ended the game with.
After the game, the £378k-a-week manager said that he was impressed by what he saw from Savinho in the first half after the winger made his Premier League debut.
Now that Defoe has said that he thinks Guardiola has to take a lot of credit for how his side performed at the weekend, he’ll undoubtedly be hoping to see them do the same thing every week for the rest of the season.
