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  Pep Guardiola has said January signings Marc Guehi and Antoine Semenyo will be vital for Manchester City in the rest of the campaign. On what was his City debut following his arrival from Crystal Palace earlier this week, Guéhi produced a superb, accomplished performance at the Etihad despite having just two training sessions with his new teammates. Semenyo meanwhile on what was his first Premier League home start marked the occasion by claiming City’s second goal after Omar Marmoush had fired us ahead and then hit the crossbar in the second half. The duo’s performances not only helped deliver an important victory but, according to the Blues boss, showed how important they will be looking forward to the rest of the campaign with City vying for success on four fronts. “Absolutely. They are set up players,” Pep pointed out. “Last season it was young players [who we brought in] except Omar. “Semenyo made an incredible impact at Bournemouth. “Antoine came with incredible energy and s...

  Former Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew has disclosed that the departure of Eberechi Eze and Marc Guehi has affected Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner’s game plan at the club. Recall that the Austrian, who is expected to leave Palace at the end of the season, revealed he feels “abandoned” by the board after losing Eze to Arsenal and now Guehi to Manchester City. In a chat with  talkSPORT,  Pardew stated it is tough for Glasner, who is constantly losing his best players. “I do have sympathy, with Newcastle we went into it and didn’t have the squad big enough, and it hurt us in the league. “I do have sympathy with him for that (losing Guehi),” Pardew admitted. “He lost Eze at the start of the year and yesterday that was painful. “According to Oliver (Glasner), he was doing set plays with Guehi in the team, and then they get the shout that the deal is done, and he needs to go…I can understand him throwing his toys out of the pram.”