Manchester City are missing a goalscorer like Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku or Cristiano Ronaldo

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has admitted that his team lacks a real “weapon” in the storm. He has great respect for the direct duel in front of goalscorer Romelu Lukaku from Chelsea FC.

“We don’t have a weapon like the other teams like Chelsea, United, Tottenham or other teams,” admitted Guardiola on Friday during the Premier League game against Chelsea on Saturday (1.30pm on LIVETICKER). “We don’t have a player who scores 25 goals on his own, so we have to absorb that as a team. We’ll try to do that this season.

City had tried to attack Harry Kane from the Spurs in the summer, but had failed. At the same time, Sergio Agüero left the team for Barcelona. In return, Chelsea had strengthened themselves with Lukaku from Inter Milan, while Manchester United signed Cristiano Ronaldo from Juventus at the last second. Both have had an excellent goal rate so far.

“I can’t deny what a good player Romelu Lukaku is,” said Guardiola. “The team was already very strong without him and is even stronger now, that’s a challenge. But I’m not saying that I’m sad or disappointed about our squad.”

After all, Manchester are champions and Carabao Cup winners, have reached the Champions League final and the FA Cup semi-finals: “You won’t hear me complain for a second this season that we don’t have such a player.” With a completely fit squad, City have every opportunity. “We have proven that for many years.”