Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola is not getting carried aways with his back-to-back wins.
City suffered a poor run of form with one win from 13 games, before recording their first win against Leicester City on Boxing Day. On Saturday they beat struggling West Ham 3-1, their biggest scoreline since August.
Jeremy Doku, Bernardo Silva and Erling Haaland scored in the second half to overwhelm West Ham United who had taken the lead at the London Stadium.
Guardiola was asked whether ‘the old Manchester City’ are back following successive wins, but he replied: “No! You judge the results.
“We saw in eight or nine years our level, and that was not our level. We won and we are so happy, but the performance was not good.
“You cannot ask me if Manchester City it back, because if you saw the game, we’re not.”
The 53-year-old qualified what he meant by adding: “I am happy, of course. I will sleep better until the next game in the FA Cup, but you [must] know we’re not at the level we were at for many years.
“We still have to find our tempo and the way we want to play. West Ham played well and had chances.
“If you ask me if the team is playing like it did in the last years, I say no. But of course, the result will help us. We will improve, absolutely.”
