BERNARDO BACKING CITY

TO GET STRONGER FROM NOW ON

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FEELING BLUE Boss Guardiola consoles injured Jeremy Doku

taken some of the “new blood” time to settle in and get used to the tactics and demands of Guardiola.

But he reckons City will only get stronger as the season reaches a climax.

The Portuguese midfielder said: “Yeah, it's pretty clear that the club decided to go for the renovation of the squad. A squad that won a lot, but needed maybe some new blood, in their opinion. They went for it, and it takes time.

“What I feel is that this team has a lot of potential to be much, much better than what it is now.

“We're definitely in a much better place than we were three months ago, and we were six or nine months ago.