Manchester City defeat Hull as Elmohamady scores an own goal

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is eyeing a swoop for Juventus star Leonardo Bonucci in the summer transfer window, report The Sun.

Hull's only reply - a tame effort from Andrea Ranocchia with five minutes left - raised fresh doubts over Claudio Bravo, who should have dealt with it comfortably.

City overcame Hull City 3-1 thanks to an own-goal from Ahmed Elmohamady and further strikes from Sergio Aguero and Fabian Delph.

The Chile keeper has now failed to save any of the last seven shots he has faced in the league. The first or second year I was there, Unai Emery, who is now the PSG trainer, was at Valencia with Silva.

"Hopefully we can help him to be a better player still".

Originally, the 20-year-old was estimated to miss two to three months of action when he broke down in the Premier League clash with Bournemouth in February. "Okay we won the game and a four games without winning it was so important".

City now occupy fourth spot on 61 points, some seven ahead of Arsenal and Manchester United, who sit fifth and sixth respectively.

Successive draws against Stoke and Liverpool before the March worldwide break followed by another at Arsenal and a defeat at Chelsea last week had just loosened City's grip on a top-four spot.

"It's not a big gap", added the Catalan.

"Of course, he doesn't have the time he needs, but he has the quality and I'm sure he will make another step forward with the team".

Which, we must say, is quite different to José Mourinho. Their only respite is the fact that they've been facing tough competition in that time, but they've looked downright demoralized since losing their Champions League round of 16 tie to AS Monaco.

That rankles around the Etihad and Guardiola said: "He has something more special than awards". Sergio (has made) an wonderful step forward in the last two months.

Despite the defeat, Hull remained two points clear of the relegation zone, as its chief relegation-threatened rival Swansea also lost at West Ham. "I don't know, but he's getting better". "We didn't put on a very good performance this afternoon".

Comparisons in football are often reserved for young players when first emerging on the scene and their skills bring out the reverie in us for talents no longer in the game.

He said: "The response was the most pleasing thing". But I did feel our players were a little bit exhausted, we put in a big, big effort in the previous two games.