Saturday 20 October 2018 18:44, UK
Pep Guardiola praised the quality of Manchester City's goals in their 5-0 hammering of Burnley as they went top of the Premier League.
City took their time to find their stride but ran out convincing winners after goals from Sergio Aguero (16), Bernardo Silva (54), Fernandinho (56), Riyad Mahrez (83) and Leroy Sane (90).
Guardiola singled on Fernandinho's strike from 20 yards and Mahrez's curling effort from range in particular.
"The goals were outstanding, especially the third and fourth ones," he told Sky Sports.
"Burnley are always complicated - we've had problems in previous years but today we were solid."
Kevin De Bruyne returned to action after two months out with a knee problem but Kyle Walker was missing due to a groin problem while Raheem Sterling was rested.
Guardiola was pleased to come through a potentially tricky game, especially directly after an international break.
"It's always hard after the international break as you don't know what's going to happen," he said.
"In the first half we created chances and Joe Hart made some incredible saves. But the second half was much better - it's always hard after the international break to get into a rhythm.
"We had players on the bench to change our pace but when we scored the second and third goals it was easier. We played seriously and had a good game."
