Pep Guardiola calls Liverpool star 'one of the best in the Premier League'

Pep Guardiola watched the Liverpool star in action against Real Madrid on Tuesday (Picture: Getty)

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has singled out a Liverpool player as ‘one of the best in the Premier League ’ in his position.

Guardiola’s side thumped Liverpool 3-0 on Sunday thanks to goals from Erling Haaland , Nico Gonzalez and Jeremy Doku.

The result has moved City up to second in the Premier League table, four points behind leaders Arsenal .

Despite Liverpool’s defeat at the Etihad, Guardiola was left impressed by the performance of their right-back Conor Bradley .

‘[Doku] had an outstanding game against one of the best full-backs in the Premier League,’ Guardiola said after the match.

‘[Bradley] is so quick, I saw his game against Vinicius Junior [vs Real Madrid on Tuesday]’.

Conor Bradley has impressed Man City boss Pep Guardiola (Picture: Getty)

Guardiola also heaped praise on his own player, Nico O’Reilly, following the win over Liverpool.

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‘Nico O’Reilly was amazing,’ Guardiola added. ‘In general, everyone was extraordinary because they (Liverpool) are still the champions. Sometimes we put a full-back inside, sometimes he has been 10 or eight.

‘He can play. His presence in set-pieces in the long balls is fast. He is clever – he plays really good. I think he was really good, he has been doing really good.’

(Picture: Getty)

Quizzed about City’s win over Liverpool being his 1000th game as a football manager, Guardiola said: ‘My players gave me a good present with this performance against the champions.

‘We had to perform good and many good things happened, they all performed to the highest level.

‘Defensively it was really good. We know their threat in behind with Mo [Salah] and the quality of [Dominik] Szoboszlai and [Florian] Wirtz and we have incredible energy with our people.

‘Playing at home and winning is good for the international break.

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