Pep Guardiola praised Antoine Semenyo’s performance against Newcastle, saying, “[Semenyo’s] second half [performance] was much better. [His] physicality helped us defensively”.
The Ghanaian forward scored his second goal in as many games for Manchester City, opening the scoring in the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg.
Semenyo’s impressive start to life at City has earned him praise from his manager, who highlighted his defensive contributions.
Semenyo is in line to start for Manchester City in his first Manchester Derby over the weekend.
His performance against Newcastle earned him the Man of the Match gong as well as praise from teammates.