""I worked for that," Cherki told BBC Match of the Day. "I know my quality, which is my technique, when I play with Phil [Foden], Erling [Haaland], Omar [Marmoush], it's very important to give the good balls for them.""
""I never saw Messi play a cross like he has done," said Guardiola. "Messi is the best player to play the game but I never saw these kind of crosses. "Crosses are fine, right or left or which part of your feet, it doesn't matter. If it is effective, it is fine, but I like the simplicity because I learned from Messi that I never make a mistake with the simple things. "The simple things he does perfectly, then he dribbles past four or five players. I want players to do the simple things well and after that you have special talent and he can do whatever he wants.""
Rayan Cherki produced a stunning rabona assist as Manchester City defeated Sunderland at a rain-soaked Etihad Stadium, moving City to within two points of league leaders after Arsenal's last-gasp loss at Aston Villa. Cherki provided two assists: he rolled the ball to Rúben Dias for a 30-yard strike, then ran at Trai Hume and clipped an audacious rabona for Phil Foden to head in via the crossbar. Former City defender Steph Houghton praised the rabona as the assist of the season. Cherki credited his technique and chemistry with teammates, while Pep Guardiola praised simplicity and invoked Lionel Messi as an example to emulate.
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