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It is notable that even Guardiola expressed, through his gestures and words, a certain discomfort with Cherki’s more daring actions.<\/span><\/p>\n He shook his head when the young man juggled the ball during the Carabao Cup final against Arsenal, a gesture considered too ostentatious, then he invited him to take inspiration from Lionel Messi and favor simplicity after his magnificent rabona assist against Sunderland.<\/span><\/p>\n In recent weeks, however, the playmaker has been so brilliant and decisive in City’s run behind Arsenal that Guardiola eventually concluded it was best to let Cherki be Cherki.<\/span><\/p>\n Just before facing Chelsea, the coach said: \u201cRayan is a really, really special player. He’s a bit of a free soul. I am a coach who likes control, we know that. So sometimes, from the sidelines, it’s so, so hard to watch. My heart\u2026 pff.<\/span><\/p>\n When he gets the ball and begins his feints, my first instinct is to shout: \u201cRayan, please play simple!\u201d \u00bb But if, against Chelsea, I tell him to stop, I risk breaking the player and stifling his exceptional quality. What he achieved against Arsenal or Liverpool is simply incredible.<\/span><\/p>\n So I want to see that again. If he feels it, let him do it. Go out there, express yourself, have fun and show the world how strong you are. \u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It is notable that even Guardiola expressed, through his gestures and words, a certain discomfort with Cherki’s more daring actions. He shook his head when the young man juggled the ball during the Carabao Cup final against Arsenal, a gesture considered too ostentatious, then he invited him to take inspiration from Lionel Messi and favor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}