Manchester City winger Antoine Semenyo says Enzo Maresca’s attacking strategy is “music to my ears” after getting an early style of the brand new head coach’s ways through the membership’s pre-season opener.
City were beaten on penalties by Inter Milan in Hong Kong in Maresca’s first sport in cost, however the Italian’s emphasis on attacking wing play was evident all through the competition.
Semenyo began the match and triggered fixed issues for Inter full-back Andy Diouf together with his tempo and direct operating, serving to create Divin Mubama’s purpose earlier than being changed at half-time.
Teenage winger Ryan McAidoo additionally impressed off the bench, with Maresca later describing each gamers as the kind of wingers he desires in his system.
“When he received appointed, that was the very first thing I considered as a result of once you’ve performed Chelsea beforehand when he was there, his broad males had been all the time excessive and fairly free,” Semenyo mentioned.
“In order that was one of many issues that excited me essentially the most when he received appointed and it’s thrilling for me as a winger. I get to have one-v-one conditions a lot of the sport and I’m trying ahead to it.
“I’ve had particular person conferences with him on how he desires to arrange, how he desires to play his broad males and simply general as a crew.
“I believe his concepts are nice, fairly just like Pep, however in case you watched the Inter sport, you’ll have seen a few his concepts play out and it was good.
“Enzo is simply [telling me to] keep out broad and once you get the ball, simply create alternatives. So it’s music to my ears.”
Semenyo joined Metropolis as ‘subsequent step’
Semenyo joined Metropolis from Bournemouth in a £65 million deal through the January switch window after attracting curiosity from Manchester United, Liverpool, Tottenham and Chelsea.
The Ghana worldwide mentioned Manchester Metropolis was the plain alternative for the following step in his profession.
“I owe Bournemouth every little thing to be trustworthy,” he mentioned. “They helped my Premier League profession flourish and the administration, the workers behind the scenes, they had been all superb and made every little thing so easy.
“I simply wished the following step to be the large one and Manchester Metropolis was the choice.
“Pep spoke to me beforehand and he mentioned, ‘Look, once you come, I’m going to make you a greater participant’.
“You need to get higher, you need to enhance each season and he undoubtedly helped me with that within the first 5 months, however clearly it’s unhappy for him to go away.”
Semenyo scored 21 targets for membership and nation final season, together with the winner in Metropolis’s FA Cup remaining victory over Chelsea, whereas additionally serving to the membership carry the Carabao Cup.
