Pep Guardiola hails ‘exceptional’ Rayan Cherki after starring role for Man City

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Pep Guardiola felt Rayan Cherki outdid Lionel Messi but tempered his praise of the Frenchman after Manchester City’s comfortable victory over Sunderland.Cherki produced one of his best performances since joining City in the summer to help them to a 3-0 victory on Saturday that cut Arsenal’s Premier League lead to two points.

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00:00...assist as well. Was that his best game in the City shirt so far?

00:05Ryan is an exceptional player. So young.

00:08I have a huge personality proving against Fulham in the toughest moment.

00:125-4 of 3-5-4. Come there. And every time I had the ball,

00:15give us extra passes and continuity. It's not scary. Having self-confidence

00:19to him in the final third have something special.

00:24Especially Craig. Where I admire the most on Ryan is not

00:28the skills. I never saw Messi play, make a cross like I've done.

00:32Messi is the best player played that game. And I never saw

00:36this kind of crosses. If crosses is fine, it's fine. It doesn't matter. Right, left

00:39with the part of your feet, with the head, it doesn't matter. If it's effective,

00:44it's fine. But I like the simplicity because I learned

00:48from Messi that they never make a mistake. They never make a mistake with

00:51the simple things. Never. Simple things he does perfectly.

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