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Norwich keeper Gunn recalls Man City coaching ways

Former Manchester City Academy graduate Angus Gunn has admitted to getting a lot of guidance from Pep Guardiola.

While Gunn, now with Norwich City, was never a regular first team starter for the Citizens, he did get to work with Guardiola early in his reign.

He had impressed with Patrick Viera's Elite Development Squad before Guardiola arrived in 2016.

“They wanted the whole club to play the same way," he told club media.

“When I went into the development team working with Patrick Viera, he wanted to implement the same style as well and he was a very demanding coach and very particular on the training pitch.

“And when Pep did come in, it was in the pre-season, he pulled me into the office and showed me clips of my games in the development squad, saying this is what he wants from his goalkeepers.

“For me to know that he saw clips of me when he wasn't even here yet was pretty cool.

“It was surreal really, it was crazy. He obviously came in and I was on the preseason tour with them and it was actually before the first preseason game.

“It was over in China and we played Dortmund. I ended up playing the second half in that game and I saved three penalties in the shootout afterwards.

“I don't know if that has anything to do with it but those kind of experiences for me were really cool and ones I look back on with really good memories."

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