Man City: Pep Guardiola reflects on Real Madrid win
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola was in no mood to discuss Aymeric Laporte’s injury after the Frenchman hobbled off after half an hour on Wednesday. City beat Real Madrid 2-1 on Wednesday night in the Champions League.
Pep Guardiola discussed Aymeric Laporte's injury (Image: GETTY)
Fernandinho came on in his place, as City launched an impressive comeback to come from a goal down to earn a valuable win in the Bernabeu.
Nicolas Otamendi played alongside the Brazilian as City put in a solid performance, and is likely to keep his place in the team going forward, especially if Laporte’s injury keeps him out.
Speaking after the win, Guardiola was reluctant to open up on the length of the Frenchman’s time out.
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City are expected to dip into the summer transfer market to reinforce their options at the back.
But Arsene Wenger has warned that there are few opportunities to buy good qualify centre-backs in the transfer market.
He told beIN Sports: ““I think Man City spent a lot of money on defenders. If you look over four or five years they spent a huge amount of money.
“That shows that it’s not easy to find the defenders who strengthen their team. Everybody is looking for defenders. When I was at Arsenal everybody says “Well you have to find defenders” but we’re sitting there saying; ‘well, big defenders are not anymore easy to find even with a lot of money’.”