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Pep Guardiola has been pleased with the progress of Riyad Mahrez as he settles in at the club.

The former Leicester star became Manchester City's record signing when he arrived this summer for £60m and was one of the few senior players on the pre-season tour as a result of the World Cup.

However, the return to fitness of City's attackers has seen Mahrez relegated to the bench for two of the three Premier League games so far.

It was expected that Mahrez would take time to adjust to Guardiola's demands - as most signings have - and the sight of the forward on the bench may not be an unusual sight in the foreseeable future considering the arsenal of attackers the coach has at his disposal.

However, Guardiola is satisfied that the Algerian is moving in the right direction as he works towards getting to grips with everything required of him at the new club and admitted he has been amazed at the qualities the Algerian has first-hand.

"I would [say] quite, quite well, for how quickly he adapt and especially for the quality," he said.

"He's one of the most technical players I've ever seen, the skills and everything. It's just of course there's a lot of information - the way we want to play, the way we want to do things, the corrections after the games that we have to do, in all things, defensive and offensive set-pieces.

"But he settled good. He has respect in the locker room and that is the most important thing."