Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has insisted his side need Sergio Aguero and said his aim is to help the striker become a better player.<\/p>\n
Aguero scored twice – his first goals in six games – as City beat West Brom 4-0 to move top of the Premier League.<\/p>\n
The Argentina international’s future at the club has been questioned after he was overlooked for the Champions League game in Barcelona earlier this month.<\/p>\n
But Guardiola said: “I’d like to convince Sergio how important he is.”<\/p>\n
Aguero’s seven goals in the league make him joint top scorer with Chelsea’s Spain forward Diego Costa.<\/p>\n
He also played a part in the first of Germany midfielder Ilkay Gundogan’s two goals against the Baggies on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss Guardiola added: “We need him a lot. When he shows that brilliance and belief Sergio is exceptional. We want to try and help him to be better and better. He is fantastic.<\/p>\n
“He is part of the history of this club but I would like to help him still. That is my target – help him to feel how important he is for us in in every game.<\/p>\n
“He is one of the best. And above all that he is one of the nicest people I have ever met. I love working with the nice guys, and Sergio is one of them.”<\/p>\n
BBC Match of the Day pundit Danny Murphy said Augero, 28, looked more dynamic without the ball this season.<\/p>\n
“He was harrying people and that is not something I associate with the Sergio Aguero of last season,” said the former Liverpool and Tottenham midfielder.<\/p>\n
“He ran 10.2km against West Brom. That is a lot different from last season when he was clocking less than eight on average.”<\/p>\n
Former England striker Alan Shearer added: “He is the one genuine world-class player we have in the Premier League.”<\/p>\n
Guardiola admitted he had doubts about his City side but not his principles after victory over West Brom ended a six-match winless run, his worst such sequence in management.<\/p>\n
“Six games without winning is a long time,” Guardiola told BBC Sport.<\/p>\n
“When we lose always you doubt. Also in the second half when we didn’t play like the first half I had doubts about what we had to do to improve.<\/p>\n
“The principles? No doubts. But to know the players, how they play with other ones, how you play in different systems, sometimes you make a doubt, yes.<\/p>\n
“Winning again is so important for us. When you lose, the problem is you lose a bit of confidence each time for the next game and it has happened in this period.”<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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