Pep Guardiola says the 10-1 victory over Exeter won’t feature highly in his personal highlights reel when he eventually leaves Manchester City.

City equalled our all-time record victory in the FA Cup third round triumph over the Grecians as we hit double figures.

It’s another remarkable achievement for a manager who has forged Centurions, Fourmidables, Treble Winners, Champions of the World and History Makers. 
For the boss, though, the game was purely a matter of progress into the next round.

“It’s fine but I don’t take much,” he said.

“The game sometimes things happen. I understand for Exeter, we feel a little uncomfortable for scoring 10 against a team from lower divisions. We do our job. 

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“Always we talk about that. The best way to respect is do what you have to do.

“When you’re playing games, it’s the best way to improve things we can do better or we talk to see how it works when we do it.

“It’s nothing special for the fact when we review our period here, that will not be a thing that we scored 10 versus Exeter. No, absolutely not.”

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