""Close to the 18-yard box of the opponent, he is an exceptional player," Guardiola said. "It was a fantastic goal. A blind guy, a blind woman can realise it is not necessary to be a journalist or a manager to realise he is a fantastic, fantastic player. "I saw it many times with Phil [Foden] this type of goal, with Kevin [De Bruyne] before, so I am happy that it opened the game.""
""What I like is that he is always going all the time," Guardiola added on Savinho's performance. "The final decision can be better but always as a reward for his work ethic, and he goes, and he goes all the time.""
Manchester City beat Brentford 2-0 at the Etihad to reach the EFL Cup semi-finals. Rayan Cherki opened the scoring in the 32nd minute with a neat piece of skill and a right-foot finish into the top-right corner. Savinho added a second in the 67th minute when his strike deflected off Kristoffer Ajer and looped over Hakon Valdimarsson. Cherki has 13 goal involvements this season, behind Erling Haaland and Phil Foden for the club. Savinho finished with team-high totals for shots, successful dribbles, opposition box touches and duels won. Guardiola praised Cherki's quality near goal and Savinho's relentless work ethic.
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