Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola was happy with their 4-0 defeat of Barnsley.

Goals from Sam Edozie, Ben Knight and Riyad Mahrez had City three goals to the good at the break, before Nathan Ake added a fourth from close range to cap off a convincing display.

City's clash under the Academy Stadium lights also saw the welcome return of Ilkay Gundogan and Oleks Zinchenko to action after a prolonged summer break following their involvement at Euro 2020.

Guardiola said: “We are far away still, (but) it's normal. We have a lot of things to improve, that is good.

“Tomorrow we have training, Tuesday another game and then after we prepare for the (Community Shield) final.

“Two or three players will come back for their first training session and then at the end of the week another. Step by step everyone is coming back.

“It's just pre-season, we can't take many conclusions about that but the important thing is there are no injuries."