Kevin De Bruyne believes Pep Guardiola's arrival has offered Manchester City a "new beginning" and led to their flying start in the Premier League.
The Belgium playmaker opened the scoring in Saturday's 2-1 Manchester derby win over United at Old Trafford.
"I think the way we try to play now is very enjoyable, especially for the attacking players, because we try to play nice football, the way we want to play," he said.
"I think maybe for some guys it's a new beginning. We have got to go a little bit away from the physical game in the Premier League, because we are not as strong as other teams.
"We know that, so we try to dominate them with the way we want to play."
"Football isn't easy," De Bruyne said.
"Obviously everybody has his own style and you need to adapt to it, but I think everyone is working really hard - even the guys coming in, they do it perfectly.
"At the moment it is very positive, so we just have to try to keep it in this flow."
