Pep Guardiola believes his side "have improved a lot" after their 3-0 win over Aston Villa leaves them firmly in the title hunt.
Manchester City lost at Tottenham last weekend - their fourth reverse of the season - with their performance ringing alarm bells. Just seven days on though and they comfortably saw off Villa at the Etihad with Guardiola vocal about the forward strides made by his squad.
The Catalan, who has copped criticism for chopping and changing his team, especially in defence, welcomed back Ruben Dias and Aymeric Laporte. Kyle Walker, who has faced competition from youngster Rico Lewis, drew individual praise ahead of the crunch clash with Arsenal this week.
