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Pep Guardiola believes Gianluigi Donnarumma and Erling Haaland are two "important pieces" for Manchester City after they helped to drag the Blues back into the Premier League title race.

City beat Brentford 1-0 at the Gtech Community Stadium, with Haaland scoring the only goal of the game and Donnarumma making a big save after the break to preserve the lead.

It means Guardiola's side have made up six points on Liverpool this week and now sit just three behind new pacesetters Arsenal in what is shaping up to be an intruiging title race.

And in goalkeeper Donnarumma and striker Haaland, Guardiola knows he has two key men at either end of the pitch.

"I have an incredible striker and keeper," he said. "But it’s clear we missed chances in the first half. The way we played

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