Pep Guardiola heaps praise on 'exceptional' Rayan Cherki after Man City win

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Pep Guardiola called Rayan Cherki an “exceptional player” after the Frenchman’s first-half strike inspired Manchester City to a 2-0 Carabao Cup quarter-final win over Brentford.Cherki has endured an injury-impacted start to life at City since his £30million summer move from Lyon, but the 22-year-old has impressed in recent weeks, with four assists in his last four Premier League appearances and now a superb goal for his fourth of the campaign.When Brentford failed to properly clear Divine Mukasa’s corner, the ball came to Cherki on the edge of the box and he quickly side-stepped Mikkel Damsgaard before unleashing a powerful shot into the top corner.

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00:00Just in terms of Ryan Cherky, we've seen him create quite a few goals for you recently,

00:06but was that an indication of what he can do as a goal scorer as well?

00:11Close to the 80-year box for the opening, he's an exceptional player, made a fantastic goal.

00:17A blind guy, a blind woman can realise the necessary to be a journalism manager,

00:22to realise that it was a fantastic, fantastic goal.

00:26I saw many times with Phil, this type of goal, with Kevin before, so I'm happy that he opened the game.

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