"I can't see how Savinho doesn't get better": Why in-form Man City winger can "lock down" starting spot ahead of Jack Grealish, Jeremy Doku

Pep Guardiola made it crystal wide aft Manchester City's 4-1 victory implicit West Ham United successful the Premier League past play that his Citizens broadside are "absolutely not" backmost to their champion conscionable yet.

However, determination were a fewer positives to beryllium taken from City's opening triumph of 2025, astir notably the show of Brazilian winger Savinho.

"He was brilliant. He is 1 of the fewer that is fresh. There were glimpses of brilliance," Guardiola told BBC Match of the Day aft beating West Ham. "I'm really, truly blessed for the enactment ethic - it's unbelievable for each of us."

Man City person had to hold patiently for Savinho to enactment his stamp connected matches since his summertime arrival, and aft showing glimpses of his prime earlier this season, the 20-year-old scored his archetypal extremity for the nine successful a 2-0 triumph astatine Leicester City successful their last fixture of 2024.

Savinho besides assisted Erling Haaland successful that match, earlier going connected to lend to Man City's archetypal 3 goals successful the triumph against West Ham, putting successful an eye-catching man-of-the-match show overmuch to the delight of Guardiola and the Etihad Stadium faithful.

Man City's No.26 has antecedently admitted that helium favours playing connected the close wing, but it was connected the near flank wherever helium excelled connected indebtedness astatine Girona past play - scoring 9 goals and assisting 10 successful 37 La Liga games - and helium has been a shining airy successful City's past 2 matches occupying that aforesaid space.

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"Relentlessly positive" Savinho acceptable to "lock down" near helping role?

Savinho's starting spot connected the near broadside of Man City's onslaught is present his to suffer successful the eyes of Citizens adept Steven McInerney from Esteemed Kompany, perchance forcing "predictable" duo Jack Grealish and Jeremy Doku to proceed watching connected from the sidelines.

"I deliberation City astir apt request him connected the near close now. He seems precise comfy retired there," McInerney told Sports Mole. "Obviously helium played determination for Girona a batch (last season) and helium was precise bully astatine hitting the transverse into, [Artem] Dovbyk. Now it's Haaland and I deliberation [the left-wing relation is] going to beryllium a relation he'll fastener down.

"He's a truly bully crosser. I loved the transverse for Haaland for the header (his archetypal extremity vs. West Ham). It was brilliant. I loved the mode that helium deed the transverse truthful aboriginal and it's thing that City bash not bash unless you're Kevin De Bruyne.

Most of City's squad instrumentality excessively galore touches, they dilatory it down... Savinho was a genius to instrumentality it archetypal clip and spot his quality to find Haaland astatine the backmost post.

"I deliberation he'll play connected the near for now. I deliberation it works. I deliberation Guardiola's quotes connected [Jack] Grealish are incredibly brutal if I'm being honest. I deliberation they're precise telling close present and Guardiola fundamentally said aft the crippled that Savinho's successful the squad due to the fact that he's the champion option, and helium deserves to beryllium there.

"Given that he's saying that aft a mates of performances connected the left, I don't spot that changing. I deliberation Savinho's going to enactment determination for a while."

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