Fulham's Adama Traore explains advice Pep Guardiola gave him after costly Man City misses

Pep Guardiola approached Adama Traore to connection him immoderate proposal aft Manchester City's 3-2 triumph implicit Fulham and the winger has present opened up astir the post-match chat

Adama Traore has revealed Pep Guardiola person him immoderate finishing proposal aft Fulham were beaten 3-2 by Manchester City past weekend.

City survived a scare acknowledgment to a brace from Mateo Kovacic and a extremity from Jeremy Doku, with Andreas Pereira and Rodrigo Muniz connected people for Fulham. However, things could person been antithetic if Traore had been much objective successful beforehand of goal, with the pacy winger missing 3 one-on-one chances.

After the last whistle, Guardiola made a constituent of approaching Traore and offering him immoderate tips. And erstwhile asked astir his post-game chat with Guardiola, Traore told El Larguero: "I've known him for a fewer years, but it's ever appreciated.

"He is the champion manager successful the world, without a doubt. After the crippled helium came up to maine to archer it was a bully game, helium gave maine immoderate pointers connected however to decorativeness the chances I had against them.

"I met him astatine Barca. When I arrived astatine Aston Villa I besides had a telephone with him and helium has ever been friendly." Guardiola was besides afloat of praise for Traore erstwhile asked astir his show successful his post-match property conference.

"Adama, he's unstoppable that game," Guardiola said. "We couldn't power erstwhile helium had the ball. You person to support successful your 18-yard box." However, erstwhile Premier League strikers Ian Wright and Michael Owen were much captious successful their assessment.

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