3 things Guardiola’s Manchester City must improve ahead of the run in

Score when on top

City’s recent form has been much better, and a lot of that has been down to Guardiola’s utilisation of a front three consisting of Raheem Sterling, Leroy Sane, and Gabriel Jesus.

They bring devastating pace to the frontline as well as the desire to get at defenders and take them on, alongside getting the ball in the box at every possibility.

However, too often in recent weeks, City haven’t always got the goals their play warrants.

Against Swansea a few weeks ago, Guardiola’s men absolutely dominated the first half, creating numerous openings and opportunities, but only went in a goal-up at the break – it almost came back to haunt them, as they needed a last-minute Jesus strike to get the win.

The same can be said against Bournemouth last week, where the hosts were still in the game with 20 minutes remaining despite both Sterling and Sane getting into good positions and going close, before Aguero sealed the win.

That may not happen against the better sides in the league, who will take advantage should City not get the goals their play warrants – if they can start to do so, they will take some stopping between now and May.