Guardiola hails Sterling’s performance

After

4-0 victory over

, the Citizens’ boss has talked about

, who has been the club’s best scorer this season, and

, who scored a goal for his side after five games.

Guardiola

sees Mahrez as an exceptional player but insists that the 30-year-old forward can do even better.

"He is an exceptional player but I want more,"

Guardiola told Sky Sports

.

"He's clever, he's a goalscorer. But sometimes I want more. Sometimes he's a little bit weak in the duels. We've known each other a long time and he knows the intentions we say to him is in a positive way."

Raheem Sterling scored three goals against Norwich, and Guardiola has been happy with the English striker’s performance.

"It's a brilliant first goal,"

Guardiola said of Sterling's contribution

.

"The second one was there and you realise after the goal how confident he is, aggressive. In the last game he made an excellent action against Brentford to win the penalty. He is a guy that always creates something."

Pep Guardiola has also talked about his side’s overall performance, which made the margin between them and the second team 12 points, insisting that they had a good performance, although Norwich has been in the best possible form.

"We did a really good performance overall,"

Guardiola said

.

"We arrived here against a team in their best moment of the season who are confident that's why it's an important result. How we behaved today is Manchester City. The team is alive, that is the most important thing. We know the rival we have. Liverpool aren't going to drop many points due to the quality and depth of their squad. It's the best squad they've had in the last decade. And we will have to win a lot of games.

"This is an important step - we did our job."

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