{"id":1092115,"date":"2019-06-04T17:46:19","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T16:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1092115"},"modified":"2019-06-04T17:47:38","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T16:47:38","slug":"ben-chilwell-praise-man-city-pep-guardiola","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/ben-chilwell-praise-man-city-pep-guardiola\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Chilwell reveals personal praise from Man City boss Pep Guardiola"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leicester City left-back Ben Chilwell has revealed how Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola lavished praise on him last month. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Citizens edged past Brendan Rodgers’ side 1-0 in the penultimate match of the Premier League season, all-but guaranteeing City the title.<\/p>\n

What did Guardiola say to Chilwell? Five key things to know…<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  1. After the match at the Etihad Guardiola approached Chilwell and praised his style of play.<\/li>\n
  2. The Catalan coach outlined his admiration for the England international’s\u00a0overlapping full-back approach.<\/li>\n
  3. City are in dire need of left-back reinforcements with\u00a0Benjamin Mendy continuing to suffer an injury-plagued two seasons at the club.<\/li>\n
  4. And Chilwell has been heavily linked with a move to Man City this summer.<\/li>\n
  5. However, the 22-year-old has expressed a desire to continue working with Brendan Rodgers.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    After the showdown, in which a spectacular\u00a0Vincent Kompany thunderbolt separated the sides, Guardiola could be seen locked in conversation with Chilwell.<\/p>\n

    The 22-year-old has been a long-term target of the north-west club, and he has now shed light on the comments exchanged with the esteemed tactician.<\/p>\n

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    He said<\/a>: “Pep said he thought I was a really talented player and he wanted me to keep playing well, getting up and down the pitch and never going away from it.<\/p>\n

    “It was nice for such a successful manager to say I\u2019m a good player. I\u2019m at Leicester and with Brendan coming in we\u2019re all loving him being there and that\u2019s obviously where my head\u2019s at.”<\/p>\n