Guehi's arrival will give Manchester City a much-needed boost. Guardiola's side slumped to a 2-0 defeat to Manchester United at Old Trafford on Saturday, with City currently having to make do without injured centre-backs John Stones, Ruben Dias and Josko Gvardiol. Guardiola has started inexperienced defender Abdukodir Khusanov and Max Alleyne in City's last four matches and admitted his side were second best against Michael Carrick's side.
Guardiola told reporters: "They were the better team. They had something we did not have. I’ve come many times here. But today we were not the level required to win these types of games. We had that energy four days ago against Newcastle but not today. It was not a bad performance. We didn’t get the result. It happens. It was a football game and they were better. They have a new manager, and they had the energy in a derby that we didn’t have. We’ve changed a lot of players in the last two transfer windows, and we need to live it. This [type of] game can happen; it’s more about the previous three. We change a lot in the last 12 months. The spirit has been top. Today was the day we were not here, but at Sunderland we were extraordinary and we didn’t score the goals to win against Brighton and Chelsea.”