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Pep Guardiola admits he may have over-exaggerated after describing Manchester City midfielder Matheus Nunes as one of the best players in the world.<\/p>\n
City signed Nunes in a \u00a353 million deal from Wolves in the summer and the Portugal international was handed his first Premier League start for the champions in the 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Nunes has been on City\u2019s radar for a while and after their 5-0 win over Sporting CP in the Champions League in February 2022, Guardiola said of the midfielder: \u2018I would say that Matheus Nunes is one of the best players in the world today.\u2019<\/p>\n
But when reminded of his comments after City\u2019s win over Forest, Guardiola said: \u2018Maybe I over-exaggerated a little bit. He\u2019s not.<\/p>\n
\u2018He\u2019s a really good player but sometimes\u2026 maybe I said this comment after a 5-0. But he\u2019s an exceptional player. Exceptional, exceptional player.\u2019<\/p>\n
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But despite backtracking over his previous comments, Guardiola says he has been impressed with Nunes\u2019 start to life at City.<\/p>\n
\u2018Really good,\u2019 Guardiola said.<\/p>\n
\u2018Sometimes I say stay more calm in the position [but he is] dynamic. In the game today he\u2019d get the ball, dribble and drop the opponents down.<\/p>\n
\u2018He looks like he is never tired because his actions are 15, 20 metres, but we knew it at Sporting Lisbon, has done it as well at Wolves. We asked [Julen] Lopetegui, who is a friend of ours, how is he and all the opinions were really, really good and he\u2019s special as a runner, has good finishing, defensively, can play in two or three positions.<\/p>\n
\u2018So yeah, the last two games played against Red Bull and today was a key point, was really, really important.\u2019<\/p>\n