Rayan Cherki was again valuable during Manchester City’s victory at Nottingham Forest (1-2) on Saturday afternoon.
For a few hours, before Arsenal beat Brighton (2-1), Manchester City regained the lead in the Premier League, and
Rayan Cherki has nothing to do with it. While the Skyblues are running at full speed again, and stringing together victories (eight in a row, in all competitions), the French attacking midfielder is taking up more and more space within Pep Guardiola’s collective.
On the pitch at Nottingham Forest (1-2), Cherki gave his team victory by scoring his second league goal of the season, with a beautiful shot from the right which led to an angry joy (83rd).
But for the French international, the most pleasant thing was this little assist delivered a little earlier for Tijjani Reijnders (48th). Especially since the former Lyonnais did not “ didn’t follow the instructions too much. “The coach wanted me to stay off-center but there, I felt that I had to go in the middle,” explained the former Lyonnais on Canal+.
Guardiola content of Cherki
His coach, the demanding Pep Guardiola, will undoubtedly find nothing wrong with it this time. However, the Spanish technician does not hesitate to publicly reframe his young players, especially when he believes a lot in them. This is the case with Cherki.
“There are times when I yell at him and times when I want to kiss him. We really have an ambivalent relationship. I want to allow him to express his incredible talent,” summed up the former FC Barcelona coach.
Obviously, the method is understood by Cherki, who gets along quite well. “I hope Pep is happy, slipped the player. We tried to squeeze in two or three days off, but he’s tough in business. » It must be said that the period is busy, with no less than 12 matches on the program between January 1 and February 12. And how many assists for Cherki?
