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I would prefer him to score, but the word chance says it all — it's a chance, so it's not 100 per cent sure that the ball goes in and players miss.

It's not about the chance for me, it's more about the 20 minutes afterwards the mindset where I want to talk to him about."

Why is City's form slowly improving after awful period?

"Players available, the style of play has always been the same, that's what I like from every manager.

That is what we've seen in the period of time where they dropped points, even he needs quality players to get results, and if so many players are out, as you've seen with Postecoglou, if you only have 12 players to play with in this league it's so hard.

Now with players being back, it's the same style of play but the results are better."

What is Slot learning about the team during the run-in?

"I see mostly the same things, so these players are able to see every three days to the best of their capabilities.

It will be a close call."

Is Villa game good preparation for City due to similar styles of play?

"If we play a team like Wolves, we hardly concede a chance and we hardly concede an attack, but if we play Villa, people say, 'ooh, it was quite open and it didn't look as though you defended as well as other games'.

Jota and Trent also don't play 90 minutes because they have just come back from injuries."

On making sure Nunez's spirit doesn't dip

"I will tell him how important he is, but the most important message is you can miss a chance, but you can't miss out on work rate.