Pep Guardiola could be seen deep in conversation with Adama Traore following Manchester City's win over Fulham on Saturday.<br /><br />The reigning champions quickly found themselves on the back foot against Marco Silva's side, and Andreas Pereira fired the visitors into the lead after 26 minutes.<br /><br />A double on either side of the interval from Mateo Kovacic saw City retake control at the Etihad, and Jeremy Doku added a third in the closing stages to seemingly put the result beyond doubt.<br /><br />Fulham kept fighting, however, and Rodrigo Muniz halved the deficit but an equalizer would ultimately elude them.<br /><br />After the full-time whistle, Guardiola walked over to Traore and could be seen animatedly gesticulating as he conversed with the former Spain international on the pitch.<br /><br />Former Premier League striker Robert Earnshaw shared the clip on social media and detailed his view on the interaction.<br /><br />'Pep Guardiola loves football so much that after Traore kept missing chances he went over at full time to coach the opponent player.' Earnshaw wrote on X.<br /><br />With the score at 2-1 after the hour mark, Traore — who was linked with a move to City during his time at Wolves — had a golden opportunity to put the Cottagers level.<br /><br />A deft one-two with Raul Jimenez saw him bounding toward goal and Traore immediately utilized his blistering pace to leave City defender Kyle Walker in the dust.<br /><br />However, after finding himself one-on-one with Ederson inside the City box, Traore's finishing let him down and the Brazilian made a comfortable save to defend his side's lead.<br /><br />A graduate of the famed La Masia academy, Traore emerged through Barcelona's youth ranks while Guardiola embarked on his all-conquering run as manager of the club's first team.<br /><br />However, Guardiola departed the Blaugrana for Bayern Munich in 2012 and Traore was handed his senior debut for the Catalan giants by Gerardo Martino the following year.
