Man City beats Watford 5-0, qualifies for Champions League

Goals from Vincent Kompany, Sergio Aguero (2) and Fernandinho left the Hornets reeling and well-beaten with barely 40 minutes on the clock and Gabriel Jesus added a fifth just before the hour-mark but it could have been many more such was the Blues’ dominance.

Guardiola: “They are players for Manchester City and they will be in Manchester City next season”.

“In the last two seasons with Manuel [Pellegrini], when Vincent was not there because he was injured, they missed him a lot”. They were a defensively strong team but we were able to create a lot of chances.

Yaya Toure says he wants to finish his career at Manchester City and that it would be “difficult” to pull on another club’s shirt.

But the 31-year-old has since been a mainstay in Pep Guardiola’s defence and opened the scoring as City extended their unbeaten run to eight matches with a 5-0 final-day romp at Watford.

Nigerian global Kelechi Iheanacho was a second substitute as Manchester City clinched third place and automatic Champions League qualification following a resounding 5-0 victory over hosts Watford in the Premier League.

Fernandinho waltzed through a succession of misplaced tackles to make it 4-0 in the 41st and there were farcical scenes early in the second half when Watford’s fans began to call for Mazzarri to be sent to the stands as he received a lecture from referee Jon Moss.

“When Real Madrid and Barcelona want a player, other teams can not compete”, he said. Watford may need to change their formation for that very reason if Christian Kabasele is unable recover in time from a hamstring problem. They finished the season one place above the relegation zone and having made a decision to part company with Walter Mazzarri, their eighth manager since the Pozzo family took over in June 2012.

“Look at the players, we had absolutely no defenders”, Mazzarri said. Not all of those players made the same impact, and maybe the expression “club legend” fits some better than others, but what they all had in common was an instant and easy affinity with the crowd.

“I wish the fans were informed of what happened during the season”.

“With such a hard situation a less experienced manager would have done worse”.

“I’m not for appearances, I am for facts”.

“While we had a complete squad we were fighting for seventh place, reached 40 points and were 10th”.

“That is all that counts”.