Fans spot Pep Guardiola 'coaching' Fulham star after crucial misses in Man City win

Manchester City bushed Fulham 3-2 successful a triller astatine The Etihad to support gait with their rubric rivals up of the planetary break, but the visitors had chances to get thing from the match

Pep Guardiola was seen giving Adama Traore post-match tips aft helium spurned a mates of aureate chances successful Fulham's nonaccomplishment against Manchester City.

The Premier League champions survived a scare against Marco Silva's side, who took the pb successful an enthralling lucifer which yet finished 3-2 astatine The Etihad.

Andreas Pereira and Rodrigo Muniz were connected people for Fulham but they had ample opportunities to get thing retired of the game. Two cardinal moments fell to Traore, who utilized his gait and powerfulness to bushed Rico Lewis and Kyle Walker to the shot connected abstracted occasions - lone to past neglect to bushed Ederson successful one-on-one situations.

Eagle-eyed supporters and societal media users aboriginal picked up connected a clip shared by erstwhile Premier League striker Robert Earnshaw, which showed Guardiola heavy successful speech with Traore aft the full-time whistle. The ex-Wales prima said successful his caption that it seemed arsenic though the Spaniard was passing connected coaching advice.

Guardiola went connected to marque Traore arsenic "unstoppable" successful his post-match interrogation aft a brace from Mateo Kovacic and a precocious stunner from Jeremy Doku sealed a large win.

But portion Guardiola talked up Traore aft the match, Ian Wright and Michael Owen were somewhat little complimentary successful their appraisal for Premier League Productions.

Wright said: "You cognize something, it’s truly frustrating, but we’ve known him for many, galore years now, and what he’s susceptible of doing. It’s a elemental finish, conscionable assistance it implicit the legs, conscionable a dink touch.

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"All you’ve got to bash is amusement a spot of composure. The ball’s nether his feet, helium tries to decorativeness with his near ft but there’s nary abstraction for the spot wherever he’s really trying to spot that ball, that’s got to beryllium 1 wherever you whip it astir the keeper.

"He’s a frustrating subordinate to watch."

Owen added immoderate nuance to the debate, arguing that if Traore could instrumentality those types of chances consistently past helium would beryllium playing for 1 of Europe's elite.

He added: "Listen, with each owed respect, if helium could decorativeness he’d inactive beryllium astatine Barcelona, oregon astatine Real Madrid oregon Manchester City due to the fact that he’s got attributes that you conscionable can’t give. I mean the gait of him… against Kyle Walker, incredible.

"As I say, if helium had an extremity merchandise helium wouldn’t beryllium playing for Fulham, with each owed respect."

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