Manchester City beat West Ham 4-0 on Wednesday with Raheem Sterling, Leroy Sane and Gabriel Jesus featuring as the front-3. The trio carved open West Ham repeatedly with their pace and intense pressing.

“These three guys are the future for the club," said Pep Guardiola. "All of them, their average age is just 20 years old. You cannot see in Europe at the big clubs, there are not strikers as young as Man City have. That is good for the future of the club,” Guardiola said. “We are delighted because Sane is already a part of the team. He arrived a little bit like ‘where am I?’ and now his performance in the last three or four months showed us his potential.”

Guardiola was asked about Jesus, who City signed for $34 million from Palmeiras. 

“He helps us a lot in the first press. He is so intense, so aggressive in that moment,” Guardiola said. “In the long balls he is a fighter and he is able to keep going and fight against guys taller than him. Of course he is young. We can’t forget he is just 19 years old. But he is a striker for Brazil, because in the first assist against Crystal Palace he gave it to Sterling, today it was to Kevin. He is a guy who when he arrives there he will attack the ball and he will score goals."