Pep points to positives aplenty in wake of Ipswich rout | OneFootball

Pep Guardiola said there were numerous positives for City to draw on in the wake of Sunday’s thumping 6-0 Premier League win away at Ipswich.

The reigning champions served up a record-equalling biggest ever Premier League away win in what was a superb all-round display at Portman Road.

Phil Foden led the way, bagging a second successive brace to follow on from his double at Brentford last Tuesday with Mateo Kovacic, Jeremy Doku, Erling Haaland and James McAtee also on target.

The victory not only maintained City’s unbeaten start to 2025 but also saw us rise up to fourth in the Premier League table with our goal difference now boosted to 15.

It was City’s biggest league win of the season and equalled our 6-0 win at Watford in 2017 in terms of being a record Premier League away victory.

And reflecting on a hugely positive display, the City boss said there were countless reasons to be positive as the attention now switches to Wednesday’s huge Champions League trip to Paris Saint-Germain.

“Everything was really good. We were so aggressive and with the ball we were quicker, faster, wiser in the decisions we had to take,” Pep asserted.

“The most important thing today is the result for obvious reasons but also the fact that they realise what we were.

“We realised that when we do this, OK we can compete, and be a team like we enjoy doing what we like to do.

“Hopefully the players can feel it. We talked a lot recently about what we missed. Especially we have had a lot players not here.

“Having Ruben in the team is massive. Phil has not been there the first two or three months. When he’s smiling every day, every game is two or three goals.

“Kevin wasn't there last season, this season maybe no, but now he’s playing at a level where we know he is an exceptional player that Kevin is.

“Step-by-step, hopefully more players can come back, we can be more consistent and do this sort of performance more often because so far this season we haven’t done it.”

Another player to catch the eye was winger Jeremy Doku who as well as scoring was involved in five of City’s goals.

And the boss said the young Belgian’s impressive impact was another huge plus to take from the trip to Suffolk.

“Today he was brilliant, and I’m really pleased for him,” Pep added.

“Today we played Jeremy there because he was training good, and against Salford in the FA Cup he played really good as well.

“Always Jeremy has doubts about his consistency every three days, because of injuries simple as that.

“For the way we play and in the final third, to have a player that can dribble one or two central defenders, the scenario is open and completely different to attack in the final third and today he was brilliant, really good.”