{"id":2149,"date":"2026-04-12T22:10:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T22:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/?p=2149"},"modified":"2026-04-12T22:10:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T22:10:29","slug":"passes-that-no-one-sees-guardiola-finally-conquered-by-cherki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/?p=2149","title":{"rendered":"\u201cPasses that no one sees\u201d, Guardiola finally conquered by Cherki"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div layout=\"desktop\">\n<p>Eric Cantona, David Ginola, Thierry Henry, Robert Pir\u00e8s, Laurent Robert and Dimitri Payet have a successor. Author of assists as beautiful as they were useful on Sunday during City&#8217;s victory at Chelsea, Rayan Cherki became the seventh French player to exceed ten assists in a Premier League season, for his first year in England, what&#8217;s more.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-placeholder u-placeholder-twitter\" data-vendor=\"xtwitter-3cVkYrxq\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper u-hidden\">\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\" data-lang=\"fr_FR\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI want to follow in everyone\u2019s footsteps, I\u2019m here to write my own story\u201d \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7<\/p>\n<p>10 assists in PL this season: Rayan Cherki joins the list of French people to have achieved this feat \ud83d\udc4f<\/p>\n<p>And he\u2019s already scheduled to appear on CANAL+ next Sunday \ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1vt1EjycyE\">pic.twitter.com\/1vt1EjycyE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CANAL+ Foot (@CanalplusFoot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CanalplusFoot\/status\/2043400425030758748?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"p-xxl@xs border-color-grey-200 radius-l@xs cmp-placeholder u-hidden\">\n<p class=\"mb-m@xs text-l@xs\">By clicking on<span class=\"ml-xxs@xs font-weight-bold@xs\">\u201cI accept\u201d<\/span>you accept the deposit of cookies by external services and will thus have access to the content of our partners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-xl@xs text-s@xs\">More information on the Cookie management policy page<\/p>\n<p><button class=\"mx-auto@xs flex@xs items-center@xs justify-center@xs gap-xxs@xs c-btn c-btn--primary cmp-button\">I accept<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Manhandled before half-time, unleashed afterwards, Manchester City and its flamboyant playmaker pounded Chelsea (3-0) on Sunday and put enormous pressure on leader Arsenal, whom it hosts next weekend in a \u201cfinal\u201d for the title.<\/p>\n<p>The leader opened the window on Saturday by losing 2-1 against Bournemouth, at home, and his runner-up rushed in with the help of Cherki, decisive passer for Nico O&#8217;Reilly (51st) and Marc Gu\u00e9hi (57th).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you watching, Arsenal?\u201d \u00bb, sang the visiting supporters, at Stamford Bridge, after the third goal signed J\u00e9r\u00e9my Doku (68th). City can now make up six points in the event of a victory against the Gunners next Sunday at home, and against Crystal Palace in a late match.<\/p>\n<h2>Guardiola greedy for compliments<\/h2>\n<p>Arsenal remains for the moment \u201cthe best team in England and Europe\u201d and \u201cI know how difficult they are to beat\u201d, tempered coach Pep Guardiola, who almost had to force himself to thank the genius of Rayan Cherki: \u201chis talent must be expressed in the final third. This is where he wins matches, and where he sees passes that no one sees, even from outside the field! He has to be close to Haaland, close to the attackers, and the ball will come to him. Rayan doesn&#8217;t need to come down to touch the ball. When he understands that he will be an extraordinary player.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Compliments, but not too much, the famous \u201cPep mentality\u201d, except for Bernardo Silva.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eric Cantona, David Ginola, Thierry Henry, Robert Pir\u00e8s, Laurent Robert and Dimitri Payet have a successor. 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