City berada di urutan ke-11 di Liga Primer pada akhir November setelah kalah 2-0 dari Tottenham, memaksa Guardiola melakukan perubahan halus pada dinamika tim.
Sejak itu, kami tidak terkalahkan dalam 25 pertandingan, menang 22 kali dan seri tiga kali.
Memang, kami telah memenangkan 18 pertandingan terakhir kami secara berurutan, serangkaian hasil yang berarti kami sekarang unggul 10 poin di puncak klasemen Liga Primer dan dalam pertarungan untuk ketiga kompetisi knock-out utama.
Ini adalah peningkatan yang menakjubkan dalam bentuknya, dan Gundogan memuji pengaruh manajer dalam membantu mengubah jalannya musim kami.
“Saya tidak terlalu terkejut kami telah mengubahnya, tetapi kami tahu kami tidak dalam kondisi terbaik kami,” kata Gundogan.
“Manajer kami melakukan hal yang benar pada waktu yang tepat. Dia melihat ada yang salah dan hilang dan dia menyesuaikan beberapa hal - bagaimana kami bertahan dan bagaimana kami bermain dengan bola.
“Karena itulah dia adalah manajer terbaik di dunia. Itu luar biasa.
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“Saya tidak pernah berpikir di bulan Desember tentang di mana kami akan berada di bulan Februari, tetapi apakah saya berharap berada di posisi ini? Mungkin tidak.
“Tapi saya tahu kami mampu melakukan banyak hal dan tahu kami memiliki kualitas hebat di skuad dan tahu kami bisa memiliki catatan bagus seperti kami saat ini.
“Tapi itu tidak datang secara otomatis. Anda harus menyesuaikan diri, dan kami melakukannya. Semua orang melakukan pekerjaan dengan baik.”
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Meanwhile, Gundogan says Wednesday’s opponents Borussia Monchengladbach are a side capable of beating anyone.
We face Marco Rose’s side in Budapest in the first leg of our Champions League last-16 tie.
They have slipped to eighth in the Bundesliga having picked up just two points from their last four matches, but came through a difficult Champions League Group B, finishing ahead of Shakhtar Donetsk and Inter Milan to finish as runners up behind Real Madrid.
Gundogan, an avid watcher of German football, says, at their best, Gladbach’s attractive, attacking style is a match for any team.
“Gladbach have the necessary quality and can play active, aggressive football,” he said.
“They have the right attitude and a good squad. Have a mix of players and are prepared to put in the work and in modern football you have to be able to.
“A mix of creativity, mentality and that leads to success.
“Qualifying for the Champions League comes from the work they have done in the last few years.
“Not everything works perfectly, that’s normal. On a good day, they can give anyone a game. They are a strong side.
“The difficulty was in the last couple of weeks. I’ve seen them a lot in the last few months and they have a great team, great spirit and on a good day can beat anyone, they did with Shakhtar Donetsk in the group stage.
“They have a lot of quality, energy and drive. They may have struggled for a couple of games but that does not deny that.
“We know how good they are and they want to play football. It should be a great two games.”
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