Manchester City hosted Brentford in the Premier League on Saturday at the Etihad as Erling Haaland's brace took him to 99 goals for the club.
Manchester City moved top of the Premier League by three points after surviving a scare to beat Brentford.
The full-back impressed on the left for England in the international break, and clearly did enough to impress Guardiola, who had offered his verdict on Lewis's new position pre-match: “Rico played on the left but playing more inside. It is intelligent play. It wasn't Lewis' best performance and he was replaced at half-time, but Brentford were dangerous in the first half and the substitution could have been pre-planned with plenty of games coming up.
It was Haaland's movement and anticipation that perplexed Pinnock, the Brentford defender freezing under a long Ederson ball allowing Haaland a run on goal. The net inevitably bulged and Haaland offered a bit more emotion in this celebration, staying slightly longer in the corner and collecting the congratulations of his teammates. Even then, he didn't allow himself to get too carried away.
City fail to heed Brentford's obvious warning Brentford ended their warm-ups by doing something teams rarely do - if ever. They got their starting line-up to attack a wide free kick and their substitutes to defend it, Bryan Mbeumo whipping in three or four set pieces in front of their away fans.
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