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Pep Guardiola would not change his Manchester City players for anybody else

Pep Guardiola says he would not change his Manchester City players for anybody else, praising his squad’s ability to “stick together” to turn around their season.

Saturday’s 3-0 triumph against Spurs extended City’s domestic winning run to 16 games and their lead at the top of the Premier League to seven points.

Guardiola’s side managed the record-breaking feat thanks to a remarkable team effort, with 14 different players getting on the scoresheet since their 1-1 draw against West Brom in December.

Ilkay Gundogan, Ruben Dias and Phil Foden have all emerged as City’s key players recently, and the Spaniard says he enjoys not relying on an individual in order to win games.

“We don’t have players who can win the game by himself – we don’t have a Messi, a Cristiano, Mbappe or Neymar,” Guardiola said. “We have to do it as a team.

“I’ll be honest, I would love to have a player who scores every single game four goals and runs like these players run, I would love it.

“The big teams, the big players show it in the bad moments, in the good moments everyone is easy to play, and we had the bad moments this season.

“We had a moment when we were in 12th position in the table, we were five points away from Tottenham [and eight after the loss] who were top of the league when we lost there and now we are 17 points ahead of them.

“The big teams, the big players show it in the bad moments, in the good moments everyone is easy to play, and we had the bad moments this season.

“We had a moment when we were in 12th position in the table, we were five points away from Tottenham [and eight after the loss] who were top of the league when we lost there and now we are 17 points ahead of them.