Pep Guardiola 'supermen' comment about Man City squad should ring alarm bells

Manchester City are a point behind Liverpool with a tight 1-0 win over Bournemouth - with Pep Guardiola describing his players as 'supermen' after the win.

Phil Foden got his 16th goal of the season to earn three points, equalling his best return in front of goal in a season. Erling Haaland looked a little off-sorts, as John Stones exploited the space to add an unlikely dimension to the City attack.

City kept up their 100 per cent record against Bournemouth to extend their top-flight record to 14 wins from 14, and the Blues have never lost to the Cherries in a league game. Ederson's clean sheet was his 110th in the Premier League, breaking Joe Hart's club record in the process with two particularly impressive stops.

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We've compiled the top talking points from an important win at Bournemouth, even if the performance could be improved:

Pep Guardiola knows exactly how to control the narrative. He will have anticipated more questions over City's wayward finishing and nervy win at Bournemouth, but quickly ensured that his words would adorn the back pages on Sunday when he called his players 'Supermen.' A quote like that will never be ignored by newspaper editors and journalists, just like Guardiola's 'Happy Flowers' comment last season. His point was to praise his players for continuing to perform and dig deep when the fixtures are providing what he feels are too many games. It was a new approach to a familiar issue for the manager.

City are yet to have a fully-fit squad for any game this season, and have arguably only fielded a first-choice XI