Benjamin Mendy says watching Manchester City from sidelines taught him a lot

Benjamin Mendy says he learned a lot from watching Manchester City from the sidelines last season as he overcame a serious knee injury.

The defender missed the majority of City's title-winning season after he suffered a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in his right leg in a Premier League match against Crystal Palace in September 2017.

But the 24-year-old says his time out injured gave him the opportunity to observe games and ask City boss Pep Guardiola and assistant coach Mikel Arteta questions after matches.

"It's not easy to be on the side to wait to see every game and when you see the team play very very good, you want to jump on the pitch but you can't. Every game I wait and stay with the team all the time as I didn't want to be back home," said Mendy.

"When you see the game from the side of the pitch you learn a lot so I look at every game, and sometimes after the game I ask questions to Pep and Mikel and they explain to me some good work."

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City, who are joint-top of the Premier League with Chelsea and Liverpool, face Burnley on Saturday.

Mendy also says Guardiola's presence at Manchester City makes him want to "give everything" for the manager.

"The manger has made football feel so, so good. But he works every time, every day. I don't think he sleeps," added Mendy.

"Every time football, football, football. When he speaks you feel he loves his job, he loves to work to find the solution and when you see this and hear him speak, you look at him and you want to give everything on the pitch for him."

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