Stones, Guardiola’s secret “son” who never tires of saving City: “If Haaland is not there, I will give him a 9”
John Stones (Barnsley, 1994) es, from his role as ‘double agent’ (center and midfielder), one of the philosopher’s stones del Manchester City.
City shakes Sparta Prague and achieves a spectacular victory.
It is, not in vain, one of Pep Guardiola’s ‘right eyes’ since he arrived from Everton in 2016 for 55.6 million euros: “He’s like my son, really. I know his body language. I know everything about him. There is no other person I know better. I am very happy to have you with us. I love them.”
He’s like my son, really. I know his body language. I know everything about him. There is no other person I know better
In the collective memory it remains his image saving Salah’s goal on the line which, in the end, was decisive for City will win the 2018-19 PremierGuardiola’s second. It is not, by any means, the only great photo in which ‘Mr. Clutch’ (‘The reliable gentleman in crucial situations’) as the ‘cityzens’ have baptized him.
“I hope this is just the beginning of many…”
Accustomed to avoiding sung goals against ‘Pool’, Chelsea and Atlético, now you have also been encouraged to mark them. He has three goals in his last six games with the ‘sky blues’. Two of them, decisive. The English international scored the goal of the draw against Arsenal (2-2) in the 98th minute! and came from score the winning goal on Sunday against Wolverhampton (1-2) in the 95th minute! As if that were not enough, he rounded off the week by scoring in the Champions League against Sparta Prague (5-0).
Kinda , the 19th he has achieved in 265 gameswhich allows you equal to players like Elano, Milner, Adebayor and Paul Walsh on the club’s list of historical scorers. Obviously, Agüero’s 260 are far away.
Guardiola, however, allowed himself the luxury of joking about it: “I’m thinking of putting Stones as a striker when Haaland is not there. He has a sixth sense for scoring”. “He’s a great striker, isn’t he? Johnny is always a threat when he’s up there! “It’s a big threat!” said his partner along the same lines. Phil Foden.
He’s a great striker, isn’t he? Johnny is always a threat when he’s up there!
Stones, despite being a defender, hopes to prolong his love affair with goals. “I hope it’s just the beginning of many more set-piece goals.”. It is a vital part of the game in both areas and “I’m delighted to have scored the winning goal in such a difficult match.”he acknowledged after the ‘in extremis’ victory against the ‘Wolves’.
“Last season, when he was injured in a friendly with England I was very angry. I’ve never been so angry. It was just before the Champions League quarterfinals against Madrid and we were playing in the Premier League. Now he’s back and I’m very happy for him,” Guardiola insists. And City, with Stones, is a ‘rock’.
