Every word from Pep Guardiola on Man City vs West Ham team news and Bernardo Silva future

Pep Guardiola gave his first pre-match Premier League press conference of the season this morning, previewing Manchester City's opening day trip to West Ham.

City will travel to London on Sunday to open their latest title defence, with new signings Erling Haaland, Julian Alvarez, Kalvin Phillips and Stefan Ortega all hoping to make their debuts. Haaland and Alvarez played in the Community Shield last weekend versus Liverpool, with Alvarez scoring his first goal.

Guardiola will be hoping for a better performance than last weekend, with City showing signs of a smaller pre-season compared to Liverpool, and with Haaland quiet in Leicester.

City will be without Aymeric Laporte, who is injured until at least September, but should otherwise have a fully fit squad to take to the London Stadium.

Recap what was said in the press conference below.

That's all for the open section of the press conference - the rest is embargoed until tomorrow. We'll tidy up those quotes and bring you the top stories.

We still didn't do it.

Penalty taker?

Last season we improve. The quality of our penalties, in the past we miss a lot. Last season Riyad was exceptional, he missed the last one but in general he was good. They will decide. As much the taker when you walk up, one decision, the rest is not important.

You're right, the bar with both teams. For the 30 Premier Leagues nobody get more points than both teams. There are two [seasons], one before the world cup, you can't win it before but you can lose it. You have to start well, knowing that if we drop points you have 37 fixtures. We won two PLs one point ahead, we know we can win 12-14 in a row. Liveprool as well. You have to start well but also the feeling since we arrive, maybe we have a