![]() ![]() I still do love playing as a centre-half and I’ve absolutely loved this role as well,” said the Barnsley-born defender. “People have always said from a young age that they can see me playing in there. ![]() The goals of Erling Haaland have helped propel City to a second Champions League final in three years where they start as strong favourites against Inter Milan in Istanbul.īut Stones’ role and that, to a lesser extent, of Rico Lewis in stepping forward has added another dimension to an already multi-layered team. “I think, if anything, you have to prove to yourself first and foremost that you deserve to be here, you are good enough to be here, and what you bring to the team.” In that time period a number of players have left, with Guardiola’s propensity for dispensing with full-backs a little too close for comfort at times for Stones.īut the former Everton defender never considered seeking opportunities elsewhere. “Yeah, (it was a) big learning curve for me and maybe who I am today.” “That’s come down to doing stuff here and then going home and doing work, even late at night, or straight after the training, finding these small margins, putting them all together to kind of break where I was at after coming back to playing. “I literally went back to firstly looking at myself, being super-critical of myself and what I could do better on the football pitch, and then looking into every fine detail, down to what food, what training, what extras. ![]() “It was probably one of the hardest times in my career,” said Stones of that period in 2020. Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola (right) shake hands John Stonesīut over the course of three seasons he has turned things around so much he is now seen as an integral part of his manager’s latest tactical tweak, with the current fashion for a defender to play as a midfielder when the side is in possession. ![]()
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